Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Longlands
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 Longlands itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 208 consents we hold in Longlands, 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 Longlands’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 Longlands
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Irongate. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 1 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 Longlands
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 208 from 1 Sep 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 heating16
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Pools and spas4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $145k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $103k
- New homes2
typically $750k
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $15k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $40k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $320k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $150k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $250kNew pool & pool barrier 2 Longlands Road East
- $150kHouse add, additional bathrm & 2 bedrooms 1018 Railway Road South
- $140kInstallation of an in-ground fibreglass swimming pool (brampton 10.1, approximately 58,000 litres), & construction of a 1200 mm high compliant aluminium pool safety fence & self-closing, self-latching gate in accordance with nzbc f9. 1316 Southland Road
- $50kRemoval of existing roof and replacing with new roof cladding. 1005 Riverslea Road South
- $15kPole retaining wall 10 France Road
208 consents
- Pools and spas$250k
New pool & pool barrier
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replacing the solid fuel heater in the lounge
- Pools and spas$140k
Installation of an in-ground fibreglass swimming pool (brampton 10.1, approximately 58,000 litres), & construction of a 1200 mm high compliant aluminium pool safety fence & self-closing, self-latching gate in accordance with nzbc f9.
- Alterations and additions$150k
House add, additional bathrm & 2 bedrooms
- Fires and heating$6,500
New installation of a maxen kinmont 450 solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel heater - firenzo contessa.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Replace solid fuel heater - metro smart insert.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Removal of existing roof and replacing with new roof cladding.
- Retaining walls$15k
Pole retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to secondary dwg.
- Commercial alterations$150k
Proposed gge & workshop with washroom facilities.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace solid fuel heater - firenzo vision ag with logbox.
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of new freestanding maxen woodfire
- Alterations and additions$300
Anchoring of the post of rw changed from side to top.
- Alterations and additions$280k
Additions & alterations to building
- Fires and heating$4,500
New installation of a metro rad one solid fuel heater
- Pools and spas$90k
Replace swimming pool shell
- Alterations and additions$34k
Additions & alterations to building
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
New sewer holding tank for minor movable dwg
- Relocated buildings$40k
Relocating new transportable to site. Bearers down & connection to services.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new metro xtreme rad
- Fires and heating$5,500
Replace existing fire with new metro smart insert.
- Alterations and additions$7,100
Replacing existing wood burning fire with firenzo kompact (forte)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$320k
Fire damage repairs to existing single level dwg
- Fires and heating$10k
Replacing the freestanding solid fuel heater in the lounge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Longlands?
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.