Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in St Andrews
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 St Andrews itself, 8 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 50 consents we hold in St Andrews, 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 St Andrews’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 St Andrews
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Saint Andrews East, Saint Andrews West. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 6 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 St Andrews
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 additions9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Pools and spas5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- New homes4
typically $801k
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.9m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Insulation1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $9,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $13k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.9mRbw - four new three storey stand alone townhouses, with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms & passenger lift. Cladded with weatherboard, brick veneer & nuwall cladding with colorsteel roofing & doubl 34 Morrow Avenue
- $1.5mNew pool & additions to existing dwg 18 Minchin Crescent
- $286kRbw - alterations & additions to the existing dwg involve internal reconfiguration of selected areas of the existing house, i nstallation of a new res lift, bathrm, & laundry altera 15 St Andrews Terrace
- $150kInternal alterations & partial reclad 31 Arcus Street
- $100kAlterations to first floor deck & partial reclad 70 Delamare Road
50 consents
- Multiple homes$2.9m
Rbw - four new three storey stand alone townhouses, with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms & passenger lift. Cladded with weatherboard, brick veneer & nuwall cladding with colorsteel roofing & doubl
- Pools and spas$38k
New swimming pool
- Pools and spas$2,000
New swimming pool fence
- Alterations and additions$286k
Rbw - alterations & additions to the existing dwg involve internal reconfiguration of selected areas of the existing house, i nstallation of a new res lift, bathrm, & laundry altera
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
New detached carport
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install new woodsman kanuku pedestal freestanding solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
New detached gge
- Insulation$9,000
Install insulmax to exterior walls of dwg
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Amendment 1 - add steel portal
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$100k
Alterations to first floor deck & partial reclad
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$150k
Internal alterations & partial reclad
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$13k
Alterations to existing hobby studio
- Pools and spas$1.5m
New pool & additions to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$300k
Alterations & additions to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Ma - alterations to exterior
- Garages, sheds and carports$46k
New detached gge
- Alterations and additions$20k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Pools and spas$3,000
New swimming pool fence
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding metro eco extreme rad solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$75k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations to joinery for existing dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Gge 96m2 5 hampton drive Mandeville North lot 30 dp 510552
- New homes$260k
New detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$60k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Install new sliding door into external block wall
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in St Andrews?
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.