Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Deanwell
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 Deanwell itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 11 consents we hold in Deanwell, 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 Deanwell’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 Deanwell
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Deanwell. In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 0 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 Deanwell
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 11 from 1 May 2020 to 1 Nov 2025. 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 heating3
typically $8,000
- Alterations and additions1
typically $90k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $95k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $49k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $480k
- Pools and spas1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
11 consents
- Pools and spas$5,000
Installation of pool fencing only
- Commercial alterations$95k
Rbw - enclosed gym / office add under existing membrane decking
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - pbc e2e additions & internal alterations to existing single storey dwg, new laundry, part cladding change
- Garages, sheds and carports$49k
Raise existing roof structure 360mm while extending gge
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install freestanding yunca monte multifuel logfire
- Fires and heating$6,050
Installation of a new metro wee rad woody solid fuel
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$480k
New detached sleepout with three bedrooms, two bathrooms & rumpus with breakfast area & gge with storage & workshop.
- New homes$119k
New detached dwg
- Insulation$2,790
Install insulation to exterior walls of existing dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new masport r30000 freestanding solid fuel heater
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Near Deanwell
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Deanwell?
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.