Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Helensville
17,131 new homes were consented in the Auckland council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $3.37b of non-residential building work, up 5% on the year before. Below: 390 consents we hold in Helensville, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Auckland council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Auckland, 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 21,301 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Auckland, 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.
- Offices$753m
43 buildings · 26,927 m² new floor area · $8,567/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$631m
84 buildings · 233,139 m² new floor area · $2,450/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Education$590m
77 buildings · 54,555 m² new floor area · $8,792/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$402m
44 buildings · 21,405 m² new floor area · $14,113/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$307m
32 buildings · 40,270 m² new floor area · $4,291/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$219m
29 buildings · 19,980 m² new floor area · $6,216/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$197m
11 buildings · 25,285 m² new floor area · $7,276/m² new · +218% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$167m
29 buildings · 11,019 m² new floor area · $3,823/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$75.4m
17 buildings · 13,619 m² new floor area · $3,956/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Farm buildings$26.2m
121 buildings · 68,341 m² new floor area · $353/m² new · +4% on the year before
Local boards compared
The year to September 2026 against the year before.
| Local board | New homes | Change | Non-residential | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howick | 1,712 | +28% | $95.3m | −75% |
| Henderson-Massey | 1,592 | +15% | $101m | −39% |
| Franklin | 1,214 | +14% | $195m | −12% |
| Albert-Eden | 1,123 | +103% | $270m | +37% |
| Maungakiekie-Tamaki | 1,118 | −23% | $295m | +37% |
| Papakura | 1,107 | +33% | $90.9m | +81% |
| Manurewa | 976 | +32% | $168m | +225% |
| Hibiscus and Bays | 967 | 0% | $44.7m | 0% |
| Rodney | 951 | +12% | $73.7m | −10% |
| Kaipatiki | 942 | +44% | $51.2m | +23% |
| Mangere-Otahuhu | 940 | +31% | $582m | −16% |
| Orakei | 795 | +1% | $52.7m | +10% |
| Whau | 790 | +43% | $58.1m | +13% |
| Upper Harbour | 749 | +29% | $211m | +1% |
| Otara-Papatoetoe | 692 | −14% | $85.2m | −53% |
| Puketapapa | 588 | +66% | $18.1m | −42% |
| Devonport-Takapuna | 478 | +19% | $50.9m | +43% |
| Waitakere Ranges | 200 | −28% | $14.7m | +90% |
| Waitemata | 153 | −60% | $907m | +83% |
| Waiheke | 41 | 0% | $2m | −83% |
| Great Barrier | 3 | −57% | $210k | +200% |
Consents on record in Helensville
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 390 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 homes73
12 in the last 12 months · typically $503k
- Fires and heating59
7 in the last 12 months · typically $5,200
- Alterations and additions42
8 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Garages, sheds and carports21
2 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Pools and spas11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Multiple homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $855k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts6
typically $100k
- Relocated buildings5
typically $75k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
typically $83k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3.5mConstruction of three multi-storey dwgs with eight attached units & garages - subject to section 77 certificate 20 St James Avenue, Helensville
- $814kRbw - single level dwg with kitchen, dining, living room, three bed, two bath, laundry & gge, with an attached second dwg with two bed, one bath, & dining & living room. Cladding is b 52 Urumaraki Avenue, Helensville
- $760kRbw - proposed 1 storey dwg, with four bedrooms, ensuite & bathrm. Dbl gge with laundry. Trapezoidal colorsteel roof & vert oblique wb & brick veneer wall cladding. Concrete foundat 118 Awaroa Road, Helensville
- $653kRbw - new two bdrm, one bathrm, wc, kitchen, living, dining, separate gge with laundry, new driveway, onsite ww treatment system & two onsite water tanks 183 Zanders Road, Helensville
- $643kRbw - single level dwg with kitchen, dining, living, media, four bed, two bath, laundry & gge. Cladding is brick veneer & tmt taiga shiplap. The site has 2x fully buried concrete watertan 47 Urumaraki Avenue, Helensville
390 consents
- Alterations and additions$120k
Rbw - alterations to existing house relocating bathrm to make family room bigger, with new window seat. Existing ensuite & walk in wardrobe modified. New door sets to lounge areas with new windows
- New homes$470k
Rbw - new single storey dwg, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, & loggia. Includes stormwater tank & carport.
- Fires and heating$9,159
install new fire & flue (firenzo contessa ru)
- Garages, sheds and carports$580k
Rbw - additions & alterations to the existing dwg & gge, onsite wastewater system
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Construction of a single storey unlined shed.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$18k
Install a new on-site effluent disposal field & decommission the existing effluent field.
- Pools and spas$15k
Install new pool fence.
- New homes$600k
Dwg with log burner, attached gge & wastewater system 1451 main north Rd Woodend lot 7 & 8 dp 19420
- Multiple homes$3.5m
Construction of three multi-storey dwgs with eight attached units & garages - subject to section 77 certificate
- New homes$494k
Rbw - new single-storey dwg, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, living room, & outdoor parking.
- Pools and spas$15k
Install new pool fencing.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- New homes$624k
4 bdrm domestic dwg with attached single gge
- Fires and heating$250k
Rbw - new roof, dbl-glazed joinery, solid wood fire & oset system. Layout change to existing kitchen, laundry, bathrm & bedrooms. Additional bdrm & deck extension.
- New homes$760k
Rbw - proposed 1 storey dwg, with four bedrooms, ensuite & bathrm. Dbl gge with laundry. Trapezoidal colorsteel roof & vert oblique wb & brick veneer wall cladding. Concrete foundat
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue (metro ambie one).
- New homes$814k
Rbw - single level dwg with kitchen, dining, living room, three bed, two bath, laundry & gge, with an attached second dwg with two bed, one bath, & dining & living room. Cladding is b
- New homes$400k
Rbw- one-storey detached dwg with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, dining, family, single internal gge. Includes stormwater tank, retaining walls.
- New homes$485k
Rbw - single level dwg with kitchen, dining, living room, four bed, two bath, laundry & single gge with an internal access. The site has stormwater systems & retaining walls.
- New homes$653k
Rbw - new two bdrm, one bathrm, wc, kitchen, living, dining, separate gge with laundry, new driveway, onsite ww treatment system & two onsite water tanks
- Alterations and additions$45k
Rbw - to erect an exo louvre roof, proprietary system, over an existing ground level timber deck at the north-east corner of the house.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Amendment to bco10394281. Amendment to the proposed extension, roof extended to the north to incorporate new outdoor room. Layout amendment to the gge & rumpus room. New skylights added. Insulati
- Alterations and additions$395k
Rbw - relocated attached main & minor dwg. New timber floor, subfloor & foundations. Making good of cladding after transport. New retaining wall, driveway. New s
- New homes$420k
Rbw - extension to existing dwg with full roof replacement, relocated kitchen, new bdrm, wir, ensuite, extra lounge & covered outdoor area. Includes new single-storey second dwg
- Fires and heating$37k
Rbw - a wagener fairburn wood fire with a peter cocks 250.L wetback & new hot water cylinder will be installed. Internally, a kitchen wall will be removed, a hyspan lintel installed to carry the loa
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Suburbs in Helensville
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Helensville?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17,131 new homes consented in the Auckland council area, with $8.53b of residential and $3.37b 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.