Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Horotiu
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 Horotiu itself, 55 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 138 consents we hold in Horotiu, 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 Horotiu’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 Horotiu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Horotiu. In the year to September 2026: 17 houses, 31 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 7 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 Horotiu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 138 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.
- New homes60
3 in the last 12 months · typically $245k
- Relocated buildings13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Alterations and additions12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
typically $45k
- Multiple homes4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $525k
- Pools and spas4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Fires and heating1
typically $6,800
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $80k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $790kTwo dwgs (lot 2-3) & a new concrete slab for a relocated gge (lot 1) 62 Horotiu Road
- $665kDwg with attached gge. Timber pole retaining wall. 94A Horotiu Road
- $260kTransportable duplex (91) 73 Horotiu Road
- $260kTransportable duplex (duplex89) 73 Horotiu Road
- $250kTransportable dwg (Fitzroy96) 73 Horotiu Road
138 consents
- New homes$250k
Transportable dwg (Fitzroy95)
- New homes$250k
Transportable dwg (Fitzroy96)
- Multiple homes$790k
Two dwgs (lot 2-3) & a new concrete slab for a relocated gge (lot 1)
- Multiple homes$260k
Transportable duplex (duplex89)
- Multiple homes$260k
Transportable duplex (91)
- Pools and spas$16k
Pool fence
- Relocated buildings$30k
Resite second-hand dwg
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Install dragon ties in the roof space to mitigate beam deflection in accordance with the structural engineers recommendations outlined in ps2
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Install dragon ties in the roof space to mitigate beam deflection, in accordance with the structural engineers recommendations outlined in ps2
- New homes$665k
Dwg with attached gge. Timber pole retaining wall.
- Retaining walls$10k
Retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$460k
Alt of lounge, kitchen & ground floor bathrm, converting existing carport into second gge. Removal of existing cedar shingle wall cladding & replacement with new cladding
- Multiple homes$865k
Two storey duplex with attached dbl gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$80k
Internal kitchen alterations & part re-clad
- Relocated buildings$200k
Relocate existing dwg on existing site & renovate, create new access, replace existing decks & install a fire appliance
- New homes$230k
Dependent persons dwg
- New homes$450k
Dwg
- Relocated buildings$35k
Resite second-hand dwg
- Fires and heating$6,800
Heater
- New homes$333k
Transportable dwg (adh054a bowen 87 mono chim)
- New homes$330k
Transportable dwg (mod06arkfarmsltd)
- New homes$500k
RBW to construct two single level multi proofed dwgs to the front & rear of the existing dwg. Construct new timber retaining walls by the front boundary. Installed two above ground stormwater tanks to new dwgs
- Alterations and additions$80k
Renovation some alterations - additions to main dwg & dependants dwg
- Pools and spas$22k
Pool & associated fencing
- New homes$360k
Transportable dwg.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Horotiu?
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.