Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fitzroy
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 Fitzroy itself, 27 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 36 consents we hold in Fitzroy, 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 Fitzroy’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 Fitzroy
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Fitzroy (Hamilton City). In the year to September 2026: 27 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 Fitzroy
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 36 from 1 Aug 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.
- Alterations and additions11
4 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Fires and heating6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,750
- Insulation2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,150
- New homes2
typically $950k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kR1 - alterations to existing detached dwg. Sunroom extension. 32 Fitzroy Avenue
- $40kRepair existing brick wall 95 Fitzroy Avenue
- $24kEnclosing outdoor room 34 Fitzroy Avenue
- $22kBathrm alterations including new level entry shower, floor & wall linings & door widening. 3 Fitzroy Avenue
- $8,000Install maxen kinmont 350 freestanding solid fuel heater 6 Marjoriefield Mews
36 consents
- Insulation$5,000
Install insulmax insulation into existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2026-48 - alt parapet
- Alterations and additions$22k
Bathrm alterations including new level entry shower, floor & wall linings & door widening.
- Alterations and additions$24k
Enclosing outdoor room
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$40k
Repair existing brick wall
- Alterations and additions$150k
R1 - alterations to existing detached dwg. Sunroom extension.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install maxen kinmont 350 freestanding solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Ma - changes to design
- Fires and heating$12k
Install a ravelli elena pellet fire, flue system & flashing where gas fire removed
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Ma - alterations to cladding
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Kitchen layout amended & beam removed from scope, installation of beams, existing beams not in place, additional kitchen sink. Minor change to wall bracing (increased wall brace length)
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
Kitchen layout amended & beam removed from scope
- Insulation$3,300
Installation of insulmax insulation
- New homes$1.5m
Rbw - removal of existing house, building of new dbl storey house with eight bedrooms, two ensuites, two-bathrooms, two wcs, & internal dbl gge.
- Alterations and additions$35k
Kitchen alt, install new beam, remove existing wall & beam
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install metro wee rad (base) f/stdg logfire with wetback
- Fires and heating$1
Amendment: change of location of logfire
- Fires and heating$7,500
New install of pyro classic freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$4,000
Freestanding - install metro tiny rad free standing wood fire
- New homes$400k
Construct single-storey dwg with attached gge - 18 Riley St, Lake Hawea
- Alterations and additions$23k
Bathrm modification including removing a wall, door widening, installation of a wet area show, grabrails & a hwb.
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install ken Murchison freestanding solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$3,500
Alterations to dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fitzroy?
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.