Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Belmont
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 Belmont itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 146 consents we hold in Belmont, 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 Belmont’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 Belmont
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Belmont (Lower Hutt City). In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — 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 Belmont
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 146 from 1 Jul 2019 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.
- Alterations and additions30
2 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Fires and heating14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,450
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- New homes6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $627k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Insulation3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Pools and spas2
typically $105k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $160k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.9mRbw - 4 new 2 level dwg. Each with 4beds, 3.5bath, ldy, kitchen, living, dining, dbl gge. Rtw & sw tank. 27 Belmont Terrace
- $1.2mRbw - new 3 level dwg with 5 bedrooms, including 2 ensuites, living, dining, kitchen, laundry, bathrm & attached dbl gge, & plant room at basement floor. & concrete block retaining 34 Belmont Terrace
- $150kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - add of conservatory-like extension to eastern elevation outside kitchen, extend first floor deck 74 Redvers Drive
- $90kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal & plumbing alterations, reclad 2 elevations with bevelback weatherboards 5 Corrondella Grove
- $80kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - rebuild deck, retaining wall underneath, canopy roof over new deck 12 Fantail Grove
146 consents
- Insulation$7,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulmax wall insulation
- Fires and heating$7,500
Housing (detached dwg) - install replacement insert kent logaire ii wood burner & flue system through existing masonry chimney, including chimney flashing plate
- New homes$2.9m
Rbw - 4 new 2 level dwg. Each with 4beds, 3.5bath, ldy, kitchen, living, dining, dbl gge. Rtw & sw tank.
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
Housing (detached dwg) - carport converted to gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$40k
New timber cast in concrete foundations, septic & water systems for the delivery of a new transportable building
- New homes$1.2m
Rbw - new 3 level dwg with 5 bedrooms, including 2 ensuites, living, dining, kitchen, laundry, bathrm & attached dbl gge, & plant room at basement floor. & concrete block retaining
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$80k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - rebuild deck, retaining wall underneath, canopy roof over new deck
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$150k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add of conservatory-like extension to eastern elevation outside kitchen, extend first floor deck
- Alterations and additions$39k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct an aluminium & glass conservatory, thermopanel roof, attached to the dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$90k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal & plumbing alterations, reclad 2 elevations with bevelback weatherboards
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw - amendment - new kitchen & laundry to replace existing. Revised bracing
- Alterations and additions$98k
Rbw - alterations to existing dwg to include new kitchen, sliding door & skylights. Renovate existing bathrooms & internal stairs
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$160k
Construct sleepout
- New homes$482k
New res dwg construction of a 3 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install kent Murchison heater, no wetback connection.
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of a new metro rad plus free-standing wood burner with new flue & flashings
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - sed deck replacement
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Housing (detached dwg) - joist replacement behind bath, replace bathrm/hallway wall & floor gib, waterproof & tile 3 walls, remove bathrm/toilet non-loadbearing wall
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$5,000
Housing (detached dwg) - remedial repairs & bracing to the rear deck ( including extension of the rear deck to the southwestern corner) & replacement of the rear deck balustrade only
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Housing (detached dwg) - bathrm renovation
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to ensuite shower, upgrade to a tiled shower
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install new freestanding maxen cargill 350 woodburner
- Insulation$2,000
Exemption � housing (detached dwg) � insulate existing walls
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$45k
Housing (detached dwg) - deck replacement - upgraded all fixings to stainless steel & increased joist & bearer sizes
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$100k
Amendment - reclad - new membrane roof cladding. New weatherboard cladding to replace existing. New windows & beams.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Belmont?
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.