Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hampden
82 new homes were consented in the Waitaki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $28.4m of non-residential building work, down 27% on the year before. Below: 83 consents we hold in Hampden, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waitaki District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waitaki District, 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 154 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waitaki District, 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.
- Farm buildings$7.2m
37 buildings · 15,274 m² new floor area · $469/m² new · +206% on the year before
- Offices$6.4m
1 building · 710 m² new floor area · $7,042/m² new · +526% on the year before
- Education$5.7m
1 building · 919 m² new floor area · $4,135/m² new · +200% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.6m
1 building · 800 m² new floor area · $4,370/m² new · +3541% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
6 buildings · 1,588 m² new floor area · $1,052/m² new · +85% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2m
2 buildings · 500 m² new floor area · $3,640/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.1m
1 building · 78 m² new floor area · $1,026/m² new · −7% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$335k
−25% on the year before
Consents on record in Hampden
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 83 from 1 Nov 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.
- Fires and heating21
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $81k
- New homes7
typically $455k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $21k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $83k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $48k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $800k
- Multiple homes2
typically $1.4m
- Pools and spas2
typically $53k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $100kHouse relocation, 3-bdrm single-storey house. 67 Ashlands Road, Hampden
- $90kTo extend & resite an existing cabin to add a bathrm & sit on new timber piled foundations. Install new wright septic tank system 70 Stafford Street, Hampden
- $30kInstall a shared stormwater drainage pipeline for future subdivision 54 Lincoln Street, Hampden
- $10kInstall firenzo kompact deco 800 into existing masonry chimney cavity 7 Liverpool Street, Hampden
- $8,500Installation of Maxen Saint Clair freestanding fire, flue system & flashing 45 Lincoln Street, Hampden
83 consents
- Fires and heating$5,500
Alt to dwg - installation of a woodsman kanaku woodbox, freestanding dry woodburner, cac243695
- Alterations and additions$10k
Install firenzo kompact deco 800 into existing masonry chimney cavity
- Relocated buildings$90k
To extend & resite an existing cabin to add a bathrm & sit on new timber piled foundations. Install new wright septic tank system
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$8,000
R1 - a new detention & retention tank with above ground dispersal overflow pipe, & a new connection for a toilet & basin for the cabin
- Fires and heating$4,000
R3 - new in-built solid fuel burner into existing chimney.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Install a shared stormwater drainage pipeline for future subdivision
- Garages, sheds and carports$3,000
Construct single gge
- Alterations and additions$100k
House relocation, 3-bdrm single-storey house.
- Fires and heating$8,500
Installation of Maxen Saint Clair freestanding fire, flue system & flashing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing maxen kinmont 350-l woodburner connected to wet-back & maxen free-standing flue kit with dekete tray soaker flashing
- Multiple homes$850k
X2 multi unit dwgs construction of 2x 3 bdrm dwgs with attached garages
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a Tasman woodsman woodburner with wetback &
- Fires and heating$7,500
R2 - minor works - install roaring meg eco freestanding woodburner to the living room. Aka 18 Stafford St.
- Alterations and additions$11k
R1 - internal alt to create new bathrm, with changes to existing bracing in single storey detached dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install solid fuel heater - metro wee rad base.
- Pools and spas$10k
Swimming pool fence only
- New homes$750k
Construction of dwg with attached gge & in-ground swimming pool. Installation of maxen cargill 350-d(uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac-240589.
- Alterations and additions$200k
Rbw - proposed kitchen & scullery on ground floor. Removal of conservatory & internal walls with new structural beams by eng. New front do or to replace existing.
- Alterations and additions$19k
Bathrm alterations to include wet-floor shower
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Amendment 1 - reconstruction of the chimney, replacement of the roof over the bay window with a membrane roof, & installation of head flashings to the existing aluminium & timber windows.
- New homes$420k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm house with an attached single gge
- Fires and heating$9,000
Installation of a free-standing woodsman Tarras mkiii woodburner &
- Garages, sheds and carports$116k
Construction of a 18m x 7.2m Versatile gge
- New homes$380k
Construct a new 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm, dbl car gge res dwg (proposed lot 2)
- New homes$2.3m
Stage 3 of 3 / rbw - house superstructure above slabs. Previous approved building consent have been processed for the foundations & slabs. New house is three-storey & includes 3 bedrooms, study, d
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Suburbs in Hampden
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hampden?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 82 new homes consented in the Waitaki District council area, with $52.4m of residential and $28.4m 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.