Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hamilton 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 Hamilton Lake itself, 33 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 28 consents we hold in Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton Lake
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Hamilton Lake North, Hamilton Lake South. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 9 townhouses and units, 21 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 Hamilton Lake
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 28 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.
- New homes6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $690k
- Alterations and additions6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $105k
- Multiple homes2
typically $2.6m
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,000
- Fires and heating1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2,000
- Relocated buildings1
typically $100k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $3.6m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $35k
- Insulation1
typically $8,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.4mNew two storey dwg with attached gge 58A Lake Crescent
- $730kNew dwg with attached gge 25 Hibiscus Avenue
- $110kConsentium - altered building 120 Clarence Street
- $4,000New swimming pool fence 13 Alison Street
- $2,000Install freestanding firenzo stella uleb solid fuel heater 13 Hibiscus Avenue
28 consents
- Alterations and additions$110k
Consentium - altered building
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install freestanding firenzo stella uleb solid fuel heater
- New homes$730k
New dwg with attached gge
- Pools and spas$4,000
New swimming pool fence
- New homes$2.4m
New two storey dwg with attached gge
- New homes$2m
New three storey dwg
- Insulation$8,000
Insulate external walls
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Ma - alterations to dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$35k
Adding external stairs to existing upper deck
- Alterations and additions$180k
Add & alterations to existing dwg
- New homes$450k
New two storey dwg with attached gge
- New homes$450k
New two storey dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$100k
Add & alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$52k
Alterations to existing bathrm & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$250k
Alterations & additions to existing dwg
- Relocated buildings$100k
Connect relocatable dwg to foundations & services & external alt
- New commercial buildings$3.6m
rbw block a development contains seven commercial units at the ground level & nine res dwg units at the first floor & second floor unit 1 9 .
- Multiple homes$2.7m
rbw block c, lot 16 24 total nine units, three bdrm terrace houses with two bathrm & one wc & exterior parking space.
- Multiple homes$2.5m
Rbw block b, unit 10 15 new 6 units terrace houses with 1 bathrm +2 wc, 3 bdrm & single gge
- New homes$650k
Detached dwg & decks with ba
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install kent Rata kwf295-6938 inbuilt solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$460k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$70k
Alt/repairs dwg added to other building
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$5,000
Ma- new veranda fixed to existing deck
- New homes$453k
New dwg with attached gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hamilton 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.