Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Residential building consents in Haast
56 new homes were consented in the Westland District council area in the year to September 2026, up 8% on the year before. Below: 21 residential consents we hold in Haast, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Westland District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Westland District, the last five years.
Since 1991: houses and everything else
New homes consented each year, houses against townhouses, flats, units, apartments and retirement village units. The most in one year was 80 in 2004.
What kind of homes
New dwellings consented in the year to September 2026, by type, with the average floor area and value Stats NZ’s figures give.
- Houses52
133 m² average · $430k average value · +37% on the year before
- Townhouses, flats and units4
98 m² average · $238k average value · −71% on the year before
Residential consents on record in Haast
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 21 from 1 Mar 2020 to 1 Jul 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- Fires and heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions4
typically $4,001
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $70k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $16k
- New homes1
typically $300k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $200k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $16kInstallation of wastewater system 29 Fox Moth Drive, Haast
- $12-storey, 3-bdrm dwg with attached gge, on-site wastewater & woodsman Tarras mkiii wood burner. Amendment 1: install tiles to floors & walls in bathrm & ensuite. To change wood burner model to ultra extreme rad 1 Fox Moth Drive, Haast
21 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$16k
Installation of wastewater system
- Fires and heating$1
2-storey, 3-bdrm dwg with attached gge, on-site wastewater & woodsman Tarras mkiii wood burner. Amendment 1: install tiles to floors & walls in bathrm & ensuite. To change wood burner model to ultra extreme rad
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
New non-habitable steel frame shed
- Fires and heating$5,700
Remove existing fireplace & replace with woodsman coleridge woodburner ule burner.
- Alterations and additions$300k
Extension to building
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Non-habitable pole shed with bathrm, on-site wastewater & jayline fr300 woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new Woodsman Coaster space heater
- Alterations and additions$1
New timber framed 3 bdrm dwg. Amendment 1: roofing revised from longrun corrugate to Trimrib, wall cladding revised from direct fixed corrugate to vertical trim rib on 20mm cavity. Floor insulation revised from Expol Poly to Pinkbatts Snugfloor
- Relocated buildings$200k
Foundations, services & roof structure for a relocated building.
- Alterations and additions$1
New res dwg amendment 1: 1 remove the hwc & put gas califont on the outside wall between bathrm & toilet windows. 2 delete window 10. End kitchen wall 3. Lvl 11 timber has been used in place of 290x45sg6 timber specified on the dra
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Installation of two fireplaces
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of woodsman serena petite log burner
- Fires and heating$3,950
Install free standing metro fireplace
- New homes$300k
New res dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Pole shed
- Fires and heating$2,000
Installation of wood burner
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Installation of wagener sparky multi fuel x 3
- New homes$250k
Two bdrm dwg, ...
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install a woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Domestic gge & storage
- Fires and heating$15k
Installation of space heater with wetback to cylinder
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Suburbs in Haast
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Haast?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 56 new homes consented in the Westland District council area, with $26m of residential and $4.9m of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.