Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Woolwich
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 the statistical area around Woolwich, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 74 consents we hold in Woolwich, 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 Woolwich’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 Woolwich
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Woolwich sits in (Irongate) — the suburb is smaller than one. 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 Woolwich
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 74 . 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.
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
74 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$7,000
Erect garage.
- Commercial alterations$450k
Erect new coolstore.
- Alterations and additions$29k
Erect second storey to existing dwelling.
- Commercial alterations$10k
Install stormwater to building.
- Relocated buildings$3,500
Relocate shed.
- Commercial alterations$180k
Office building.
- Commercial alterations$189k
Erect coolstore canopy.
- Commercial alterations$40k
Estension to storage shed.
- Commercial alterations$1,000
Erect signage.
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Ensuite
- Commercial alterations$85k
New staff shed
- Commercial alterations$250k
Extension to building (upper offices/storage building).
- Commercial alterations$106k
Erect shelter building.
- Commercial alterations$104k
Resiting of office facility and accessible toilet.
- Commercial alterations$8,500
Install nitrogen tank.
- Commercial alterations$350k
Extension to building.
- Commercial alterations$95k
Structural modifications to raise roof.
- Commercial alterations$15k
CCC refused 20/02/2012 install new amenities portacom building and related drainage.
- Commercial alterations$750k
Erect a new building and rebuild an existing building
- Relocated buildings$30k
Relocate timber framed offices.
- Commercial alterations$25k
Connect to council sewer & water new washbay.
- Commercial alterations$50k
Extend premises.
- Commercial alterations$55k
Extension to workshop.
- Commercial alterations$300k
Construct mezzanine floor & offices within existing building.
- Commercial alterations$80k
Additions & alterations / change of use
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Woolwich?
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.