Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Flagstaff
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 Flagstaff itself, 40 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 183 consents we hold in Flagstaff, 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 Flagstaff’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 Flagstaff
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 4 statistical areas that make up most of it: Flagstaff North East, Flagstaff North West, Flagstaff East, Flagstaff South. In the year to September 2026: 27 houses, 4 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 9 retirement village units.
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 Flagstaff
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 183 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.
- Alterations and additions34
10 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New homes27
8 in the last 12 months · typically $560k
- Pools and spas17
7 in the last 12 months · typically $17k
- Fires and heating14
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,242
- Garages, sheds and carports9
3 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
typically $35k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $241k
- Retaining walls2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $610k
- Other new buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.4m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8mConstruct 4 bdrm domestic dwg with 3 ensuites, powder room, living, dining, kitchen with scullery, laundry & attached dbl gge. 58 Discovery Drive
- $1.4mX2 new two storey duplexes with attached garages 122 Endeavour Avenue
- $1.1mRetaining wall to support slope 22 Spinnaker Drive
- $1.1mNew 5 attached units - 1 x 2 storey unit & 4 x 1 storey units 15 Woodland Drive
- $1.1mRbw - construction of a two storey detached dwg, comprising four bedrooms, 5 ensuites & or shower rooms, open plan living area & lounge & office, includes timber retaining walls for swimming pool 1 Woodridge Drive
183 consents
- New homes$399k
Dwg with attached gge 6 cordelia St Kaiapoi lot 370 dp 623830
- New commercial buildings$1.1m
Rbw - construction of a two storey detached dwg, comprising four bedrooms, 5 ensuites & or shower rooms, open plan living area & lounge & office, includes timber retaining walls for swimming pool
- Pools and spas$10k
New swimming pool fence
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install kent Rata inbuilt solid fuel heater
- Retaining walls$1.1m
Retaining wall to support slope
- New homes$750k
New dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$50k
Main bathrm & ensuite upgrade
- Fires and heating$10k
New pyroclassic mini wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Heating unit - installation of a new metro tiny rad freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$15k
Replace existing tiled shower
- Multiple homes$1.1m
New 5 attached units - 1 x 2 storey unit & 4 x 1 storey units
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Add bathrm to existing gge
- Pools and spas$5,000
New swimming pool fence
- New homes$460k
New two storey dwg with attached gge
- New homes$345k
New dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$450k
Alterations to dwg - cladding joinery roof new over outdoor are
- Pools and spas$65k
New swimming pool & fence
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$9,500
Reconfigure laundry, enclose existing porch & create new toilet room with toilet & hand basin
- New homes$500k
4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Pools and spas$4,000
Ma - amendment to bc for rear boundary pool fence location & height
- Alterations and additions$35k
Ma - alterations to dwg - soffit ad timber framing
- Alterations and additions$100k
Internal alterations to bathrm & laundry
- Fires and heating$400k
Additions to dwg & adding escea tc970 insert solid fuel heater
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$440k
Reclad existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$450k
Fire remediation work to existing dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Flagstaff?
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.