Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Lower Hutt
Councils consented $88.6m of non-residential building work in the Lower Hutt City council area in the year to September 2026, down 50% on the year before. Below: 57 commercial consents we hold in Lower Hutt, 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Lower Hutt
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 57 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Aug 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 alterations26
2 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- New commercial buildings3
typically $520k
- Fit-outs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $250kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - alt & extend single-storey 3-bdrm dwg to a 4-bdrm, 2-bathrm dwg with office & second living; includes new slab, cladding, roof & joinery 8A Rossiter Avenue, Waterloo
- $107kC2 - stage 1 - consent granted subject to section 72 /building consents granted under section 75 .-site services & vehicle access for the development of 29 commercial & res units (16-20 Riddiford St) 16 Riddiford Street, Woburn
- $60kCommercial - construct mezzanine, add kitchenette, internal fit out of shell 12 Bouverie Street, Petone
57 consents
- Fit-outs$60k
Commercial - construct mezzanine, add kitchenette, internal fit out of shell
- Commercial alterations$250k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alt & extend single-storey 3-bdrm dwg to a 4-bdrm, 2-bathrm dwg with office & second living; includes new slab, cladding, roof & joinery
- Commercial alterations$107k
C2 - stage 1 - consent granted subject to section 72 /building consents granted under section 75 .-site services & vehicle access for the development of 29 commercial & res units (16-20 Riddiford St)
- New commercial buildings$380k
Rbw - commercial - new 3-bdrm dwg to be used as a display home
- Commercial alterations$12k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - convert gge into home office
- New commercial buildings$1.6m
Rbw - new five townhouses with three levels dwg. Lot 6-9 includes a single gge, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, one office, one toilet & kitchen. Lot 10 includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms,
- Commercial alterations$100k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add, alt entry & office for additional bdrm, add new attached gge
- Commercial alterations$25k
Outbuilding - new gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$300k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - dwg extension to add a new 2 storey gge & entry on the ground floor with main bdrm suite, ensuite, storage & office above
- Commercial alterations$200k
Housing - new accessory building. Office with bathrm & laundry
- Commercial alterations$490k
Rbw - existing single level dwg. Extension to create open plan kitchen, scullery, laundry, dining, living, family room, internal stair, new bdrm 4/office, remodelling main bathrm & ensuit
- Commercial alterations$50k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations to hallway, office/living room, new bdrm window
- Commercial alterations$30k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - cut1.0m off the bathrm & office, cut the roof back so the structure's external wall is not within 1.0m of the boundary
- Commercial alterations$4,500
Housing (detached dwg) - alterations, install shower & vanity in downstairs office, replace toilet & put in pipe-work for future laundry, install sink & cupboards in rumpus room
- Commercial alterations$100k
Outbuilding - new detached versatile gge with office space & bathrm
- Commercial alterations$110k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations to create a new open plan kitchen/dining area with scullery, media room, lounge to former gge space, new bathrm & laundry cupboard & a reduction to the office size
- Commercial alterations$450k
Rbw � housing (detached dwg) � alterations to convert basement storage to habitable space, change to internal stair orientation, layout change to ground floor to move office/bdrm, create new bathrm, square off kitchen with open reading nook
- Commercial alterations$40k
Commercial - convert res house to commercial venue for hire, bathrm alt to become wet room with accessibility toilet, install fire alarm system
- Commercial alterations$125k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - extension/alterations to the side of existing dwg & extension to rear of existing gge for an office space with kitchenette & bathrm
- Commercial alterations$100k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg & outbuilding) - reconfigure & renovate bathrm & toilet in existing dwg, re-clad & re-roof existing gge & convert part of gge into small sleep out/office with bathrm
- Fit-outs$25k
Housing - alterations, fit out existing bathrm & guest toilet with new fixtures & fittings
- Commercial alterations$320k
Rbw - housing - ground floor, convert gge to rumpus room, new wc & office space. First floor, new family bathrm, ensuite & walk-in robe.
- Commercial alterations$35k
Rbw - housing - reline storage room for home office, new internal wall, new sliding door, replacement external door
- New commercial buildings$520k
Rbw - housing - new single storey 2 bdrm dwg with separate office. Master bdrm to have ensuite & walk in robe. Open kitchen/dining/living.
- Commercial alterations$10k
Commercial - fire upgrades to res care home
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Lower Hutt
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Lower Hutt?
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.