Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fairview Downs
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 Fairview Downs itself, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 47 consents we hold in Fairview Downs, 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 Fairview Downs’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 Fairview Downs
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Fairview Downs. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 4 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 Fairview Downs
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 47 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jun 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 heating11
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $538k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $811k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $40k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8mPbc e2e - rbw - 7x new 2 storey dwgs each with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tanks 25 Fairview Street
- $1mNew swimming & spa, with associated outdoor cabana & outdoor cooking fireplace. Dining room add, gymnasium add with sauna & bathrm. New basement multi-use space with bathrm & lau 9 Fairview Street
- $870kNew proposed two storey three bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge 26 Fairview Street
- $572kConstruction of two attached dwgs with attached garages & one detached dwg with attached gge 25 Fairview Street
- $268kNew dwg with attached gge 24 Sadler Street
47 consents
- New homes$870k
New proposed two storey three bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$1.8m
Pbc e2e - rbw - 7x new 2 storey dwgs each with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tanks
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman serene wb freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace insert sfh with metro eco smart insert woodfire & flue
- Fires and heating$7,000
Inbuilt sfh metro Ltd (rural)
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install new woodsman kanaku uleb freestanding solid fuel heater
- Commercial alterations$1m
New swimming & spa, with associated outdoor cabana & outdoor cooking fireplace. Dining room add, gymnasium add with sauna & bathrm. New basement multi-use space with bathrm & lau
- Alterations and additions$85k
Rbw - construction of 14 pile, below ground palisade wall, & foundation underpinning to the west & south to mitigate the landslide that occurred following jan 27th 2023 flood
- Multiple homes$572k
Construction of two attached dwgs with attached garages & one detached dwg with attached gge
- New homes$268k
New dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$1
Separation to descope bco10205791 & remove unit 1 to a new consent. Units 2-5 to remain on original consent.
- Alterations and additions$12k
Alterations to internal layout of existing dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
New detached gge
- Multiple homes$1.1m
Rbw - x6 new two-storey standalone dwgs, including four bedrooms, two bathrooms, living, kitchen, dining, wc & laundry with single gge.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman kanaku freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$7,123
Installation of a new fire & flue system (masport le4000)
- New homes$140k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$477k
Rbw - an extension to an existing bungalow to create a third bdrm, one bathrm, one wc, kitchen & lounge with private drainage. Building work includes membrane roofing.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Rakaia freestanding woodburner
- New homes$270k
Construction of dwg (res flat)
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install woodsman Tarras mkiii heater in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Drainage & foundation works for a transportable home.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - install Woodsman Serene freestanding fireplace.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Add & alt to dwg - extend ensuite floor area by bdrm 1 to increase size of ensuite & wardrobe. Change shower from acrylic to tiled & add an additional hand basin.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fairview Downs?
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.