Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Moetapu Bay
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. In the statistical area around Moetapu Bay, 18 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 341 consents we hold in Moetapu Bay, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Moetapu Bay’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
New homes in Moetapu Bay
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Moetapu Bay sits in (Marlborough Sounds East) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 18 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 — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Moetapu Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 341 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Mar 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.
- Fires and heating6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Retaining walls6
typically $70k
- Alterations and additions3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $54k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $14k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $4,000
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $12k
- Pools and spas1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $300kDwg repiling, recladding & bathrm extension 426 Moetapu Bay Road
- $60kRes alterations & additions 628 Moetapu Bay Road
- $9,800Free-standing maxen kinmont 350 woodstacker solid fuel heater 628 Moetapu Bay Road
- $8,000Free standing wagner leon solid fuel heater 528 Moetapu Bay Road
- $7,000Deck extension & balustrade 234 Moetapu Bay Road
341 consents
- Fires and heating$9,800
Free-standing maxen kinmont 350 woodstacker solid fuel heater
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$7,000
Deck extension & balustrade
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$300k
Dwg repiling, recladding & bathrm extension
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing wagner leon solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$60k
Res alterations & additions
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$4,000
Alterations to existing sleepout
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing pyro classic solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing maxen Henley 250 solid fuel heater
- Retaining walls$20k
Retaining walls & associated drainage work
- Garages, sheds and carports$12k
Install toilet in gge with lintel over cavity slider
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Wastewater management system upgrade
- Retaining walls$70k
Site works/retaining walls
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing metro rad plus solid fuel heater
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$100k
Replacement deck
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free-standing woodsman serene petite solid fuel heater
- Retaining walls$85k
Retaining walls
- Retaining walls$70k
Retaining wall
- Retaining walls$20k
Retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$60k
Res alterations & additions
- Pools and spas$5,000
Swimming pool fencing
- Alterations and additions$40k
Res alterations & additions
- Retaining walls$100k
Two retaining walls
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Wastewater system upgrade
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$65k
Replacement wastewater system
- Fires and heating$3,500
Free-standing woodsman Brunner mk ii log fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Moetapu Bay?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.