Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Grandview Heights
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 Grandview Heights itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 10 consents we hold in Grandview Heights, 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 Grandview Heights’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 Grandview Heights
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Western Heights (Hamilton City). 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 Grandview Heights
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 10 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 Jan 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 additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $8,000
- Fires and heating1
typically $7,500
- Insulation1
typically $1
- New homes1
typically $700k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $12kAlt shower waterproofing 3 Glenside Rise
10 consents
- Alterations and additions$12k
Alt shower waterproofing
- Alterations and additions$70k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Rbw -renovation for bathrm & add shower box, vanity & toilet to make an ensuite bathrm.
- New homes$700k
Construct a single-storey multi unit dwg with attached gge - 29 friesian close, Jacks Point
- Fires and heating$7,500
Installation of freestanding solid fuel heating appliance
- Insulation$1
Amendment - ceiling insulation reduction to 1 layer of
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alterations and additon to existing dwg
- Pools and spas$1,600
Alt to pool fence
- Alterations and additions$150k
New detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$84k
New detached gge
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Near Grandview Heights
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Grandview Heights?
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.