Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Otakeho
65 new homes were consented in the South Taranaki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 3% on the year before. They also consented $32.5m of non-residential building work, down 22% on the year before. In the statistical area around Otakeho, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 6 consents we hold in Otakeho, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the South Taranaki District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Otakeho’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, South Taranaki 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 100 in 2007.
New homes in Otakeho
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Otakeho sits in (Taungatara) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 — South Taranaki 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$11.3m
60 buildings · 17,849 m² new floor area · $621/m² new · +72% on the year before
- Education$6.8m
+66% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.5m
1 building · −75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 990 m² new floor area · $4,545/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.9m
1 building · 221 m² new floor area · $1,434/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$467k
1 building · 114 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · +49% on the year before
- Offices$355k
−14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$214k
Consents on record in Otakeho
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Dec 2019 to 1 Jan 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 homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $40k
- Fires and heating1
typically $3,600
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1mNew dwg: 2 storeys 2621 South Road
6 consents
- New homes$1m
New dwg: 2 storeys
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Reconstructed gge
- Fires and heating$3,600
Install fisher denniston freestanding logfire
- Commercial alterations$39k
New gge/workshop with rumpus room (at 234)
- Garages, sheds and carports$32k
New gge
- New homes$500k
Construction of single level detached dwg with attached gge
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Otakeho
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Otakeho?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 65 new homes consented in the South Taranaki District council area, with $48.3m of residential and $32.5m 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.