Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Epuni
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 Epuni itself, 12 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 124 consents we hold in Epuni, 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 Epuni’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 Epuni
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Epuni West. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 11 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 Epuni
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 124 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 May 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 additions39
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
typically $20k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $13k
- Multiple homes3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $990k
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $168k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $605k
- Insulation1
typically $6,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $64k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.3mRbw - housing (multi-unit dwg & detached dwg) - construction of a new two storey, three bdrm standalone dwg (lot1) & new two storey, two bdrm terrace dwg (lots 2-4) 94 Oxford Terrace
- $990kRbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - construction of res multi-unit development with 5 x units 64 Hall Crescent
- $985kRbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - site works involve earthworks, civil works, & drainage. Construction of new two storey, two bdrm duplex dwg (lots 5 & 6) 94 Oxford Terrace
- $240kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - relocate bathrm for ensuite access, relocate internal walls to provide 2 bedrooms, install level access shower into existing sub-floor framing 58 Dyer Street
- $7,500Housing (detached dwg) - install new freestanding metro tiny rad woody woodburner & flue system 11 Thornycroft Avenue
124 consents
- Fires and heating$7,500
Housing (detached dwg) - install new freestanding metro tiny rad woody woodburner & flue system
- Multiple homes$990k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - construction of res multi-unit development with 5 x units
- Alterations and additions$240k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - relocate bathrm for ensuite access, relocate internal walls to provide 2 bedrooms, install level access shower into existing sub-floor framing
- Multiple homes$985k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - site works involve earthworks, civil works, & drainage. Construction of new two storey, two bdrm duplex dwg (lots 5 & 6)
- New homes$1.3m
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg & detached dwg) - construction of a new two storey, three bdrm standalone dwg (lot1) & new two storey, two bdrm terrace dwg (lots 2-4)
- Alterations and additions$160k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal renovations, remove brick fireplace, install beam, create separate toilet
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - remove wall, fit lintel beam, replace lost wall bracing
- Alterations and additions$100k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, alt partition walls, remove load-bearing walls, install lintel beam, alt plumbing & drainage
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - remodel bathrm including new window in revised location, floor joists setdown, & new tiled shower
- Garages, sheds and carports$360k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add, demolish gge, construct new 2-storey add with gge on lower level & master bdrm & study on upper level
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - reinstatement of fire damaged property, remove & replace roof cladding & section of roof framing, new kitchen & bathrm, insulate external walls, underfloor & ceiling
- Alterations and additions$35k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - removal of chimney & insert new aluminium framed exterior door unit, new timber deck, removal of part internal walls to create openings with new beams over
- Alterations and additions$4,500
Housing (multi-unit dwg) - bathrm alterations, tile walls & floor
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$11k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - reclad small area of lounge & fit new window/replace ranchslider
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations to kitchen & dining rooms, & new gas fireplaces
- Insulation$6,000
Housing (detached dwg) - insulate existing walls
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Amendment 3 - change acrylic shower to tiled - unit f04
- Multiple homes$20m
Construction of 36 dwgs with 5 attached garages in 5 blocks. Subject to section 77 certificate.
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 2 - remove door panic hardware requirement
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$64k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - reinstate deck & column with the posts in between remaining as is, install new Clearvue
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Housing (detached dwg) - install new wc toilet pan fixture to bathrm & connect waste to foul water drain
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 2 - revised fire-proofing design to units e-04 & e-07 & revised ducting design to all units
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new walk in wet floor showers for main bathrm & ensuite, new handbasin upstairs wc & more
- Fires and heating$6,500
Housing (detached dwg) - install new Jayline Insert woodburner & new flue system. Flue system will go up through existing masonry chimney.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Outbuilding - plumbing work to outhouse
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Epuni?
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.