Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Herbertville
33 new homes were consented in the Tararua District council area in the year to September 2026, up 50% on the year before. They also consented $17.9m of non-residential building work, up 222% on the year before. Below: 15 consents we hold in Herbertville, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tararua District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tararua 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 71 in 1991.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tararua 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$9.5m
1 building · 1,170 m² new floor area · $8,120/m² new · +694% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3m
23 buildings · 4,758 m² new floor area · $511/m² new · +256% on the year before
- Education$2.3m
+7% on the year before
- Offices$1.4m
1 building · 165 m² new floor area · $2,727/m² new
- Factories and industrial$1.3m
+205% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$349k
1 building · 93 m² new floor area · $1,720/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$25k
Consents on record in Herbertville
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 15 from 1 Oct 2023 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.
- Alterations and additions7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $953k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $85k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $175k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.7mRbw-construction of two two-storey & one three-storey detached houses in lot 1, 2 & 3, each comprising four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & internal garages(single or dbl). Includes stormwater tank 80 Seaview Road, Herbertville
- $250kDwg (new) - 1 bdrm dwg 78 Seaview Road, Herbertville
- $95kRbw - new dressing room additions & alterations. 97 Seaview Road, Herbertville
- $85kRbw - new conservatory add with membrane & roof glazing. 97 Seaview Road, Herbertville
- $55kBearers down consent, foundations & services only 105 Seaview Road, Herbertville
15 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue into existing fireplace - woodsman kanuku ped
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$12k
Rbw - roof strengthening works are proposed to accommodate the installation of solar panels by providing new underpulins & supporting posts. The existing lightweight roof cladding will be removed an
- Alterations and additions$55k
Bearers down consent, foundations & services only
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$85k
Rbw - new conservatory add with membrane & roof glazing.
- Alterations and additions$95k
Rbw - new dressing room additions & alterations.
- New homes$250k
Dwg (new) - 1 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
Rbw - three ensuite renovations on the upper floor using existing drainage stacks with new sanitary fixtures, wet area waterproofing & tiling.
- New homes$1.7m
Rbw-construction of two two-storey & one three-storey detached houses in lot 1, 2 & 3, each comprising four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & internal garages(single or dbl). Includes stormwater tank
- Commercial alterations$175k
Rbw - add of attic to include bdrm, office & bathrm & balcony extension of existing deck.
- Alterations and additions$600k
Rbw - internal alterations & extension to existing dwg including new dbl-glazed joinery, new carport & entry canopy extension, new basement extension (below lower floor above), balcony ref
- Alterations and additions$10k
Ensuite upgrade. Detached dwg.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue - kent Ruapehu.
- Fires and heating$6,800
Installation of solid wood burner (metro smart insert)
- Alterations and additions$18k
Rbw - minor alterations to an existing home. The works will include the add of a new ensuite in the lower bdrm level, & a new door opening to the bathrm on the upper level.
- Alterations and additions$180k
Rbw - add/alt. New 2 bdrm, bathrm & family room add to the rear of existing house. Minor internal changes to existing single storey dwg. New deck to St elevation.
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Herbertville
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Herbertville?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 33 new homes consented in the Tararua District council area, with $24.1m of residential and $17.9m 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.