Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Nawton
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 Nawton itself, 49 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 107 consents we hold in Nawton, 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 Nawton’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 Nawton
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Nawton East, Crawshaw, Nawton West. In the year to September 2026: 14 houses, 35 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 Nawton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 107 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 additions20
4 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- New homes18
11 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Fires and heating10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Multiple homes7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1.7m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Insulation3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $35k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $115k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3.4mRbw - pbc e2e 7x new attached 3 storey units. Lot 1~6 - each unit to consist of 3 bedrooms, 1 media room, 3 bathrooms & attached dbl gge. Lot 7 - 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & attached dbl ga 29 Lloyd Drive
- $2.6mRbw-seven three-storey townhouses, each with a ground-floor gge, living, kitchen, & dining on the mid-level, two bedrooms two bathrooms on the upper level. Block wall, brick veneer & fibre ceme 45 Waimarie Street
- $1.7m2 storey duplex & 2x detached dwgs with attached garages 9-11 Ben Nevis Place
- $850kNew x2 duplexes with attached garages 86 Ellicott Road
- $680kNew x2 attached units with attached garages 31 Livingstone Avenue
107 consents
- New homes$3.4m
Rbw - pbc e2e 7x new attached 3 storey units. Lot 1~6 - each unit to consist of 3 bedrooms, 1 media room, 3 bathrooms & attached dbl gge. Lot 7 - 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & attached dbl ga
- Garages, sheds and carports$18k
Rbw - alt to single storey dwg. Convert existing internal gge to bdrm with ensuite. Removal of gge door & enclose with cladding with new external door.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$4,000
Add of & additional toilet in the laundry next to the existing toilet. The laundry already has a basin & the plumbing is easily connected to the existing by a registered plumber from under t
- Alterations and additions$35k
Rbw - remove bathrm floor & wall linings. Install replacement plywood flooring, liquid tanking membrane & floor & wall tiles. Remove, store & reinstate shower glass door & wall & bathrm
- Multiple homes$2.6m
Rbw-seven three-storey townhouses, each with a ground-floor gge, living, kitchen, & dining on the mid-level, two bedrooms two bathrooms on the upper level. Block wall, brick veneer & fibre ceme
- Alterations and additions$50k
Revised layout of the bathrm. Add a wall to create a hallway & additional bdrm. Add a fire place
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Re-pile existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Extension to existing dwg
- New homes$300k
New detached dwg
- Insulation$2,000
Retrofit insulation to exterior wall
- New homes$262k
New 2 bdrm timber framed dwg on concrete slab with pre-nailed frame, coloursteel roof & wall cladding, jsc timber shiplap cladding, solid fuel burner, gas hotwater
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$40k
Amendment to building consent no: bco10391500 - reclad - anarp solution for concrete & steel columns within it walls - continue the fire separation between the steel & concrete columns out to the
- New homes$263k
New detached dwg - lot 4
- New homes$241k
New detached dwg - lot 3
- New homes$241k
New detached dwg - lot 2
- New homes$235k
New detached dwg - lot 1
- Multiple homes$680k
New x2 attached units with attached garages
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install metro wee ped free standing solid fuel heater to dwg
- Alterations and additions$8,000
New heating appliance
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of a freestanding masport Kaituna ped woodburner on a tiled hearth
- Multiple homes$1.7m
2 storey duplex & 2x detached dwgs with attached garages
- New homes$180k
New detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
New masport Waimakariri solid fuel heater
- New homes$350k
Erect a two-storey three-bdrm dwg & retaining wall.(future lot 1)
- Other new buildings$850k
New x2 duplexes with attached garages
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Nawton?
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.