Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Halcombe
156 new homes were consented in the Manawatu District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $18m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. Below: 72 consents we hold in Halcombe, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Manawatu District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Manawatu 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 260 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Manawatu District, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Farm buildings$7.5m
64 buildings · 17,256 m² new floor area · $418/m² new · +39% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.5m
1 building · 1,158 m² new floor area · $3,022/m² new · +463% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 532 m² new floor area · $3,853/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2m
1 building · 779 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −43% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$545k
−22% on the year before
- Offices$357k
1 building · 82 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$315k
2 buildings · 672 m² new floor area · $342/m² new · +89% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$237k
−92% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−45% on the year before
Consents on record in Halcombe
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 72 from 1 Nov 2019 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.
- New homes16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $578k
- Garages, sheds and carports14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $64k
- Fires and heating11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $53k
- Relocated buildings6
typically $34k
- Pools and spas2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $72k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.5m
- New commercial buildings1
typically $550k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $17k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5m2 storey duplex with attached garages & upper storey decks 8 Stewart Street, Halcombe
- $690kTo construct a new 3 bdrm dwg with attached single gge 17 Cassan Street, Halcombe
- $500kConstruction of new 3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg with attached dbl gge 113 Hastings Street, Halcombe
- $450kNew 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge 86 Hastings Street, Halcombe
- $120kInstall 36,000 litre swimming pool & associated fencing 800 Halcombe Road, Halcombe
72 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$54k
Totalspan shed 10.299m x 8m x 2.652m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Repile existing dwg onto new timber piles with new baseboards
- New homes$500k
Construction of new 3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$4,999
Installation of 1.3m high glazed barrier with aluminium posts & access control measures
- Garages, sheds and carports$52k
Totalspan shed 12m x 6m x 2.7m
- New homes$690k
To construct a new 3 bdrm dwg with attached single gge
- Multiple homes$1.5m
2 storey duplex with attached garages & upper storey decks
- Pools and spas$120k
Install 36,000 litre swimming pool & associated fencing
- Fires and heating$8,200
Install a metro wee rad base freestanding wood fire into living room
- Fires and heating$8,200
Install new yunca monte multi-fuel fireplace. Replacing inner flue only, flue extending to 2nd storey & new soaker flashing
- Fires and heating$5,400
To install a new woodburner through existing hole
- New homes$450k
New 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$47k
Construction of a 10 x 6m versatile gge.
- Alterations and additions$60k
Replace 1St fl external direct fixed plaster wall cladding to plywood over cavity & replace timber window joinery to dbl glazed aluminium. First floor bathrm renovation to include tiled shower & new window lintel.
- New homes$1m
Erect 4 bdrm res dwg, to be serviced by rain water water tanks, septic waste treatment system & an existing solar power system.
- Fires and heating$3,000
R2 - minor works - install freestanding firenzo Napier woodburner.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new inbuilt wood burner, false chimney (under the ceiling level only), zero clearance box, flue kit as per manufacturers specifications.
- Relocated buildings$32k
Relocated dwg & a metrofire f/s woodburner installation
- Garages, sheds and carports$32k
To relocate this 4 bdrm second hand dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Proposed gge / outbuilding constructed from proprietary shed with concrete slab
- Relocated buildings$41k
To relocate this second hand dwg to site as per the plans procided. Foundations & services
- Garages, sheds and carports$230k
House alt & gge conversion
- New homes$100k
Construct one bdrm unit with open plan living
- Alterations and additions$2,000
P2 - engineered lintel over kitchen 1 - wall removal in existing kitchen
- New homes$945k
New 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge.
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Halcombe
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Halcombe?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 156 new homes consented in the Manawatu District council area, with $93.4m of residential and $18m 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.