Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Flaxmere
391 new homes were consented in the Hastings District council area in the year to September 2026, up 15% on the year before. They also consented $280m of non-residential building work, up 67% on the year before. In Flaxmere itself, 112 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 856 consents we hold in Flaxmere, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Hastings District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Flaxmere’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Hastings 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 580 in 2021.
New homes in Flaxmere
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 4 statistical areas that make up most of it: Lochain Park, Flaxmere West, Flaxmere Park, Flaxmere South. In the year to September 2026: 32 houses, 80 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 — Hastings 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.
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$150m
18 buildings · 14,292 m² new floor area · $9,427/m² new · +3236% on the year before
- Offices$51.5m
8 buildings · 6,744 m² new floor area · $6,009/m² new · +84% on the year before
- Education$29.2m
7 buildings · 3,470 m² new floor area · $6,698/m² new · +27% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$13.7m
2 buildings · 339 m² new floor area · $15,516/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$11m
8 buildings · 3,158 m² new floor area · $1,127/m² new · −60% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$9.9m
2 buildings · 1,125 m² new floor area · $4,800/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.1m
4 buildings · 843 m² new floor area · $4,982/m² new · +26% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$3.8m
4 buildings · 1,866 m² new floor area · $1,732/m² new · −86% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
28 buildings · 5,593 m² new floor area · $577/m² new · −44% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$930k
1 building · 251 m² new floor area · $2,390/m² new · −90% on the year before
Consents on record in Flaxmere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 856 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating81
6 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes47
10 in the last 12 months · typically $450k
- Alterations and additions29
6 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Multiple homes14
5 in the last 12 months · typically $1.3m
- Garages, sheds and carports9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Relocated buildings6
typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $88k
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $650k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $88k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2m9 terrace houses, across 3 blocks (three each). 3-5 Ratima Avenue
- $1.8m4/type a duplex + 1/type a.1 dwg 2-16 Te Ara Moeke
- $1.5m6 new single storey houses. 3-5 Ratima Avenue
- $1.4m2/type c.1 duplex + 2/type c.2 duplex 2-16 Te Ara Moeke
- $1.4m2/type b.1 duplex + 2/type b.2 duplex 2-16 Te Ara Moeke
856 consents
- Fires and heating$1,500
New kent insert sfh
- Alterations and additions$70k
Demolish a non compliant bdrm, & construct a new bdrm & ensuite
- Garages, sheds and carports$71k
New versatile garage.
- Multiple homes$1.8m
4/type a duplex + 1/type a.1 dwg
- Multiple homes$1.4m
2/type b.1 duplex + 2/type b.2 duplex
- Multiple homes$1.4m
2/type c.1 duplex + 2/type c.2 duplex
- New homes$400k
1/type d dwg
- Fires and heating$7,500
New solid fuel heater - metro smart insert.
- New homes$568k
New dwelling
- Garages, sheds and carports$16k
Steel framed lean to carport to existing house
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$60k
Home relocation & drainage
- Multiple homes$1.5m
6 new single storey houses.
- Multiple homes$2m
9 terrace houses, across 3 blocks (three each).
- Alterations and additions$60k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - site development civil works & construction of house foundations
- Commercial alterations$1.2m
Rbw - add & alterations to existing lower & ground floors. New pool & boat shed. Re-roof eisting house. Gym, rumpus, office, laundry, bathrm, decks on lf. Gge, four bedrooms, one enxsu
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding masport Hurunui logfire
- Alterations and additions$25k
Wet area vinyl shower
- New homes$450k
Proposed 3 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Replace existing freestanding solid fuel heater with a metro xtreme rad.
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Installation of a maxen kinmont 450 - pedestal - freestanding woodburner
- New homes$420k
Proposed 4 bdrm dwg
- New homes$420k
New 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge.
- New homes$450k
Proposed 3 bedroom dwelling
- New homes$450k
Proposed 3 bdrm dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Flaxmere?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 391 new homes consented in the Hastings District council area, with $233m of residential and $280m 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.