Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fairfield
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 Fairfield itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 110 consents we hold in Fairfield, 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 Fairfield’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 Fairfield
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Epuni East. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Fairfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 110 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jun 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 additions14
typically $105k
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $527k
- Multiple homes5
typically $1.2m
- Fires and heating5
typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $52k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $30k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $42k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $50k
- Insulation1
typically $1,000
- Relocated buildings1
typically $19k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $600kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - 3 bdrm detached dwg with single internal gge 6 Tilbury Street
110 consents
- New homes$600k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - 3 bdrm detached dwg with single internal gge
- Multiple homes$2m
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - 6x new 2 storey, 3 bdrm townhouses (units 1-6)
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 1 - removal of waiver of clause c3.6 & condition
- Alterations and additions$19k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, relocate bathrm & create new laundry
- Multiple homes$1.2m
Construction of 6 attached dwgs in 3 blocks subject to section 77 certificate
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro Ltd xtreme rad - leg freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$223k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - proposed foundations & slabs for townhouses 2 & 3, carport
- Relocated buildings$19k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - relocation of the existing dwg to the rear boundary of the site
- Garages, sheds and carports$24k
Outbuilding - new gge to replace existing in new location on site
- New homes$358k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new two bdrm townhouse with multiple cladding types on slab
- Fires and heating$7,000
Housing (detached dwg) - new metro smart insert woodburner & new flue system
- Alterations and additions$45k
Housing (multi-unit dwg) - upgrade existing type 1 fire alarm system to type 5 automatic alarm system (1 - 7 Manderson)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$42k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - partial underpinning to dwg
- Alterations and additions$200k
Retrofit of existing dwg to improve thermal performance & modernise layout
- Alterations and additions$70k
Rbw - house renovations including bathrm add to the upstairs & update to the kitchen, & new stairs to the main house
- Alterations and additions$200k
Housing - retrofit of existing dwg to improve thermal performance & modernise layout
- Multiple homes$3.5m
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - four new two-storey duplexes containing eight two-bdrm units
- Insulation$1,000
Exemption - housing - (detached dwg) - insulate existing walls
- Multiple homes$1m
Housing - new two storey 2 bdrm duplex based on Kainga ora typology b6 including drainage (proposed lots 3 & 4)
- New homes$1m
Housing - new 4 bdrm dwg based on Kainga Ora typology p3 including drainage (proposed lot 2)
- New homes$1m
Housing - new 4 bdrm detached dwg based on Kainga Ora typology p3 including drainage (proposed lot 1)
- Alterations and additions$180k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add to rear of dwg for new family room, & master bdrm suite with wardrobe & ensuite
- New homes$527k
Rbw � housing (detached dwg) - new two storey dwg with 3 bedrooms, 2 wall cladding types & attached single gge (unit a)
- New homes$465k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new two storey dwg with 3 bedrooms, 2 wall claddings & attached single gge (unit b)
- New homes$527k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new two storey dwg with 3 bedrooms, 2 wall claddings & attached single gge (unit c)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fairfield?
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.