Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Kumeū
Councils consented $3.37b of non-residential building work in the Auckland council area in the year to September 2026, up 5% on the year before. Below: 12 commercial consents we hold in Kumeū, 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Local boards compared
The year to September 2026 against the year before.
| Local board | Non-residential | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Waitemata | $907m | +83% |
| Mangere-Otahuhu | $582m | −16% |
| Maungakiekie-Tamaki | $295m | +37% |
| Albert-Eden | $270m | +37% |
| Upper Harbour | $211m | +1% |
| Franklin | $195m | −12% |
| Manurewa | $168m | +225% |
| Henderson-Massey | $101m | −39% |
| Howick | $95.3m | −75% |
| Papakura | $90.9m | +81% |
| Otara-Papatoetoe | $85.2m | −53% |
| Rodney | $73.7m | −10% |
| Whau | $58.1m | +13% |
| Orakei | $52.7m | +10% |
| Kaipatiki | $51.2m | +23% |
| Devonport-Takapuna | $50.9m | +43% |
| Hibiscus and Bays | $44.7m | 0% |
| Puketapapa | $18.1m | −42% |
| Waitakere Ranges | $14.7m | +90% |
| Waiheke | $2m | −83% |
| Great Barrier | $210k | +200% |
Commercial consents on record in Kumeū
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Aug 2021 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.
- Commercial alterations7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- New commercial buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.4m
- Farm buildings1
typically $95k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8mRbw - single level dwg with kitchen, scullery, dining, living, two family, four bed, office, four bath, one wc & laundry. Brick veneer, axon panel cladding. Site has onsite wastewater & storm 209B Access Road, Kumeū
- $4,500rbw - the installation of a bar sink & bench into the existing rumpus room. 48 Robert Might Road, Kumeū
12 consents
- New commercial buildings$1.8m
Rbw - single level dwg with kitchen, scullery, dining, living, two family, four bed, office, four bath, one wc & laundry. Brick veneer, axon panel cladding. Site has onsite wastewater & storm
- Commercial alterations$4,500
rbw - the installation of a bar sink & bench into the existing rumpus room.
- Farm buildings$95k
New colorsteel implement shed & private stormwater drainage.
- Commercial alterations$100k
Replacement of existing butyl rubber canopy veranda roofing (7.5m x1.9m approx.) at hall with new long run color-steel maxam metalcraft Mc760 roofing or similar roofing, re-pitching for 16 degree &
- Commercial alterations$60k
rbw add of a small office & ensuite in bdrm
- Commercial alterations$475k
Rbw - reclad - alterations to existing dwg & build new extension. Relocation of kitchen & form two bedrooms. New scullery, media room & office. Relocate hot water cylinder & re-clad of ex
- Commercial alterations$490k
Construct gge with office, gym & bathrm. Please note deemed permitted boundary activity notice also lodged.
- Commercial alterations$500
New dwg amendment 1: pack out these walls due to the commercial profile of joinery new calc & bracing attached
- Commercial alterations$495k
rbw -new 7 bay gge with a new workshop & bathrm
- New commercial buildings$996k
Rbw - proposal for a new single level four bdrm home with office, media room & 2.5 bathrooms. Cladding a mix of vertical shiplap & brick veneer, & a longrun steel roof
- New commercial buildings$200k
Rbw - add & alt to existing dwg. - add to ex. Gge & converted into an office, master bed with ensuite & wiw. - a separate four car park gge for the dwg. - a two bdrm minor unit with single gge.
- Commercial alterations$250k
Rbw - new master bdrm, ensuite, office & dbl gge add to existing house. Weather board cladding & colorsteel roofing. New fibreglass pool & pool fencing.
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Kumeū
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kumeū?
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.