Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Melville
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 Melville itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 50 consents we hold in Melville, 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 Melville’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 Melville
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Melville South, Melville North. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Melville
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 50 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 additions15
7 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $894k
- Fires and heating3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $3,000
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $26k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $80k
- Insulation1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $24k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $60k
- Multiple homes1
typically $800k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1mProposed dwg with 4 beds, 3 bathrooms, 2 living & dbl gge 17 Lorne Street
- $200kR2 - new single storey sleep-out. 31 Priscilla Crescent
- $135kBathrm alterations 19 Cricket Place
- $90kRbw - proposed kitchen extension & dining room add with attached timber decks & stairs. 6 Vivian Street
- $30kRbw - proposed new bathrm within the existing rumpus area, including installation of a new vanity, toilet pan, & shower at the lower level. 3 Heather Place
50 consents
- Alterations and additions$200k
R2 - new single storey sleep-out.
- Alterations and additions$13k
Add new bathrm to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad leg solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$135k
Bathrm alterations
- Insulation$6,000
Install insulation to 1 bdrm
- New homes$1m
Proposed dwg with 4 beds, 3 bathrooms, 2 living & dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - proposed kitchen extension & dining room add with attached timber decks & stairs.
- Commercial alterations$1,000
Alt.1 wall bracing & joinery change (construct a gge / workshop)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Plumbing alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$28k
Alterations to existing bathrm & new ensuite
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - proposed new bathrm within the existing rumpus area, including installation of a new vanity, toilet pan, & shower at the lower level.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding masport Kaituna solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$25k
Restoration of existing attached res units
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Alterations to existing plumbing
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to dwg. Replace balustrade. Install door to external south wall. Add bathrm to first floor & ground floor. Install external staircase
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alt to dwg. New laundry layout.
- Alterations and additions$4,000
New wc added to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Ma - multiple changes
- Commercial alterations$50k
Construct a gge / workshop
- New homes$265k
New detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$140k
Rbw - extension to existing house. Add of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathrm, 1 dining & 1 living room with an outdoor deck. This is to allow for more space for the growing family as the existing house has
- Relocated buildings$50k
Foundation & services for relocated dwg
- Relocated buildings$110k
Foundation & services for relocated dwg
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Ma - change floor covering tiled floor walls & shower
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Res/farm - convert existing gge into separate household unit
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Near Melville
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Melville?
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.