Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Avalon
432 new homes were consented in the Lower Hutt City council area in the year to September 2026, down 8% on the year before. They also consented $88.6m of non-residential building work, down 50% on the year before. In Avalon itself, 67 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 6 consents we hold in Avalon, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Lower Hutt City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Avalon’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Lower Hutt City, 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 1,369 in 2022.
New homes in Avalon
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Avalon West, Avalon East. In the year to September 2026: 6 houses, 31 townhouses and units, 30 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 — Lower Hutt City, 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$32m
11 buildings · 4,119 m² new floor area · $4,106/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$16.2m
6 buildings · 1,477 m² new floor area · $7,888/m² new · +638% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$15.3m
2 buildings · 385 m² new floor area · $4,883/m² new · +111% on the year before
- Offices$11.6m
3 buildings · 745 m² new floor area · $4,799/m² new · +78% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.4m
−94% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4m
3 buildings · 158 m² new floor area · $6,646/m² new · −57% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$2.5m
1 building · 508 m² new floor area · $3,543/m² new
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$760k
−60% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$617k
−87% on the year before
- Farm buildings$215k
2 buildings · 325 m² new floor area · $662/m² new · +95% on the year before
Consents on record in Avalon
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 May 2022. 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 additions2
typically $113k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
6 consents
- Alterations and additions$105k
Retrofit of dwg incorporating consentable works that includes: new insulation, smoke detector layouts, bracing replaced on a no-worse basis, structural alterations to suit open plan living, level entry shower, roof replacement
- Alterations and additions$120k
Rbw - housing - replace sunroom, re-build dining area with new lounge area (solutions)
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - housing - alterations, new external wall to enclose kitchen extension, relocate laundry to gge + more
- Alterations and additions$40k
Rbw - res - alterations, remove wall in kitchen/living area, relocate kitchen, new wc, alt front entry & more
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw - res - extension to dwg, new bdrm, alterations, master bdrm, ensuite, new joinery & more
- Insulation$120k
Rbw - res - hnz200 contract - new wall insulation, linings to exterior walls, increased bracing & more (10 days)
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Near Avalon
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Avalon?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 432 new homes consented in the Lower Hutt City council area, with $176m of residential and $88.6m 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.