Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Forest Lake
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 Forest Lake itself, 58 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 41 consents we hold in Forest Lake, 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 Forest Lake’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 Forest Lake
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Forest Lake (Hamilton City). In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 38 townhouses and units, 18 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 Forest Lake
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 41 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jul 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 $30k
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $384k
- Multiple homes6
4 in the last 12 months · typically $1.5m
- Fires and heating3
typically $7,000
- Retaining walls2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Pools and spas2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Commercial alterations1
typically $170k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mNew x3 three storey units & x5 two storey units 68 Storey Avenue
- $1.9mNew x9 attached two storey units 50 Forest Lake Road
- $1.9mNew x7 two storey attached units 16 Dalgliesh Avenue
- $445k3 new attached units - lots 2-4 & retaining wall 90 Forest Lake Road
- $230kNew detached dwg - lot 1 90 Forest Lake Road
41 consents
- Alterations and additions$35k
Dwg alterations
- Multiple homes$2m
New x3 three storey units & x5 two storey units
- New homes$230k
New detached dwg - lot 1
- Multiple homes$445k
3 new attached units - lots 2-4 & retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$10k
Ma - revised engineering
- Pools and spas$6,000
New swimming pool fence
- Multiple homes$1.9m
New x7 two storey attached units
- Retaining walls$60k
New retaining walls & drainage
- Multiple homes$1.9m
New x9 attached two storey units
- Alterations and additions$100k
Internal alterations to refurbish entry, detached dwgs
- Retaining walls$30k
Ma - add retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alterations to basement - new bathrm & laundry
- Multiple homes$600k
3 x two-bdrm dwgs
- Alterations and additions$15k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg
- Multiple homes$1.1m
New 3 x 2 storey attached units with - units 4 5 & 6
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Ma - changes to design
- Alterations and additions$150k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro smart insert solid fuel heater
- Pools and spas$5,000
Additions & alterations to existing dwg - bathrm & new swimming pool fence
- Fires and heating$120k
Alterations to dwg & install new freestanding ethos sfh
- New homes$357k
New two storey dwg with attached gge - lot 2
- Alterations and additions$70k
Fire remediation to existing dwg
- New homes$410k
New two storey dwg with attached gge - lot 3
- New homes$350k
New two storey dwg with attached gge - lot 1
- Commercial alterations$170k
New gge with workshop & bathrm
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Near Forest Lake
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Forest Lake?
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.