Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Seaview
56 new homes were consented in the Westland District council area in the year to September 2026, up 8% on the year before. They also consented $4.9m of non-residential building work, down 16% on the year before. In the statistical area around Seaview, 27 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 12 consents we hold in Seaview, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Westland District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Seaview’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Westland 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 80 in 2004.
New homes in Seaview
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Seaview sits in (Arahura-Kūmara) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 25 houses, 2 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 — Westland 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+408% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1.2m
1 building · 240 m² new floor area · $833/m² new · +449% on the year before
- Farm buildings$938k
9 buildings · 1,676 m² new floor area · $542/m² new · +42% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$610k
+20% on the year before
- Education$155k
−67% on the year before
Consents on record in Seaview
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Apr 2024 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.
- New homes8
4 in the last 12 months · typically $623k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $301k
- Alterations and additions1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $850kConstruct 3 bed 2 bath 2 storey dwg. 33 Mandl Rise
- $650k3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg 25 Mandl Rise
- $595k3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg 29 Mandl Rise
- $538kSingle storey 2 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 2 Ellis Terrace
- $1Construction of a new single-storey, three-bdrm dwg with an attached gge. Amendment 1: revise the bracing plan by specifying homerab as the exterior wall bracing system. 16 Mandl Rise
12 consents
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of a new single-storey, three-bdrm dwg with an attached gge. Amendment 1: revise the bracing plan by specifying homerab as the exterior wall bracing system.
- New homes$595k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg
- New homes$650k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg
- New homes$850k
Construct 3 bed 2 bath 2 storey dwg.
- New homes$538k
Single storey 2 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Relocated buildings$43k
Moving a relocatable dwg on to the site, timber pile
- New homes$868k
3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- New homes$340k
Construction of a 2 bed house
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
New, single level, four bdrm, two bathrm dwg with attached gge amendment 1: amend kitchen window to a box window & alt foundation & framing plan to suit. Amendment 2: add of two sliding doors to existing patio area, outside th
- Relocated buildings$560k
Consent includes: - timber pile foundations & connection to services for relocated 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg wings (relocated dwg consented under Buller District council bc240165) - timber pile foundations for deck adjacent to the relocat
- New homes$380k
Construction of single storey res dwg. 3 bdrm 2 bathrooms
- New homes$750k
New single level, six bdrm, two bathrm dwg with attached gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Seaview?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 56 new homes consented in the Westland District council area, with $26m of residential and $4.9m 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.