Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Western Heights
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 the statistical area around Western Heights, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Western Heights, 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 Western Heights’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 Western Heights
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Western Heights sits in (Western Heights (Hamilton City)) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 Western Heights
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Apr 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 homes9
typically $651k
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $78k
- Fires and heating2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,540
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $86k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $50kRe-cladding existing building 37 Western Heights Drive
- $35kInternal alterations to existing dwg 9 Parkview Avenue
- $11kTo install a ravelli sofia inbuilt woodburner into existing detached dwgs 14 Sunny Dale
18 consents
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Re-cladding existing building
- Fires and heating$11k
To install a ravelli sofia inbuilt woodburner into existing detached dwgs
- Alterations and additions$35k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$5,780
Remove existing fire & fit new maxen kinmont 350 rural woodburner. Frame up ceiling to suit new flue Centre & install new flue through roof. Flash flue with coloursteel soaker flashing & dektite. Fit flue shield
- Alterations and additions$120k
Ma - alterations to roof & wall cladding
- New homes$989k
Construction of a single level, 4 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge - 11 Kawarau Falls Heights Boulevard, Lake Hayes
- New homes$650k
Dwg with attached gge
- Commercial alterations$86k
Rbw construction of a free standing gge 6m x 5.8m. Timber framed on engineered designed suspended timber floor. Construction of small 3.4 x 1.8m office add fixed to existing residence. Materials to match existing house. Plus storm water di
- New homes$674k
Dwg with attached gge
- New homes$702k
Dwg with attached gge
- New homes$695k
Construct a single storey dwg with attached gge - Jones & Alpine Ave, Lake Hayes
- New homes$651k
Construct a single storey dwg with attached gge -14 Kawarau Falls heights boulevard, Lake Hayes Estate
- New homes$434k
Dwg with attached gge
- New homes$637k
Dwg with attached gge, water retention, storm water & onsite waste water disposal.
- New homes$567k
Two storey detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$180k
Re clad existing dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$170k
Re-clad & alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Add to existing dwg
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Near Western Heights
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Western Heights?
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.