Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Chartwell
1,063 new homes were consented in the Hamilton City council area in the year to September 2026, up 23% on the year before. They also consented $321m of non-residential building work, up 69% on the year before. In Chartwell itself, 193 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 168 consents we hold in Chartwell, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Hamilton City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Chartwell’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Hamilton City, 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 1,749 in 2021.
New homes in Chartwell
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 4 statistical areas that make up most of it: Chartwell, Porritt, Greenhill Park, Miropiko. In the year to September 2026: 120 houses, 73 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Hamilton City, 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.
- Education$88.7m
6 buildings · 7,970 m² new floor area · $7,834/m² new · +175% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$88.6m
13 buildings · 46,000 m² new floor area · $1,876/m² new · +425% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$47.8m
6 buildings · 8,632 m² new floor area · $3,782/m² new · +179% on the year before
- Offices$34.2m
2 buildings · 438 m² new floor area · $13,699/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$24.7m
5 buildings · 4,851 m² new floor area · $3,260/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$12m
4 buildings · 930 m² new floor area · $8,992/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$10.4m
2 buildings · 2,464 m² new floor area · $3,139/m² new · 0% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$8.9m
3 buildings · 1,386 m² new floor area · $2,698/m² new · −66% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$5.4m
−71% on the year before
Consents on record in Chartwell
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 168 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 homes60
12 in the last 12 months · typically $470k
- Alterations and additions22
5 in the last 12 months · typically $39k
- Multiple homes10
6 in the last 12 months · typically $1.5m
- Insulation8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Pools and spas4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Fires and heating4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Other new buildings2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $800k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $70k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $90k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.6mNew x10 two storey attached units 30 De Vere Crescent
- $1.4mNew x4 two storey dwgs with attached garages 2 De Vere Crescent
- $1.3mNew x1 two storey & x1 single storey duplexes 1 Bellwood Place
- $1mNew x5 detached single storey dwgs 100 Hukanui Road
- $840k2 new detached 2 storey dwgs with attached garages 52-54 Chilman Terrace
168 consents
- New homes$490k
Rbw - construction of new two-level house, including four bedrooms, three bathrooms, one wc, dbl gge with internal access. Detention tank.
- Alterations and additions$56k
Alterations & add to existing dwg
- New homes$700k
Alterations & add to existing 2 storey dwg
- New homes$438k
New dwg with attached gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$60k
Extend sleepout to add an ensuite
- Multiple homes$726k
New x6 attached single storey units
- Multiple homes$1m
New x5 detached single storey dwgs
- Pools and spas$5,000
New swimming pool fence
- Insulation$4,000
Retrofit insulmax insulation to exterior walls
- New homes$623k
Rbw - proposed single dwg with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living, dbl gge, underground tank & private drainage system.
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alterations to existing dwg - change roof pitch & rennovations
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding woodsman solid fuel heater
- Pools and spas$522k
Alterations to 2 storey dwg & new spa pool
- Multiple homes$761k
New two storey duplex with attached garages
- Other new buildings$1.3m
New x1 two storey & x1 single storey duplexes
- Other new buildings$300k
New detached unit - unit 1
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1,000
Adding a kitchen sink to existing sleepout
- Multiple homes$798k
Construction of three detached dwgs - single storey
- New homes$837k
2 new detached 2 storey dwgs with attached garages
- New homes$840k
2 new detached 2 storey dwgs with attached garages
- New homes$837k
2 new detached 2 storey dwgs with attached garages
- Multiple homes$1.4m
New x4 two storey dwgs with attached garages
- Alterations and additions$60k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
New metro xtreme rad - base with wetback sfh
- New homes$487k
New dwg with attached gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Chartwell?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,063 new homes consented in the Hamilton City council area, with $404m of residential and $321m 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.