Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Harbour View
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 the statistical area around Harbour View, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 68 consents we hold in Harbour View, 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 Harbour View’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 Harbour View
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Harbour View sits in (Normandale) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 4 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 Harbour View
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 68 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 additions27
4 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $60k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $52k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
typically $80k
- Retaining walls2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $250k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $455k
- New homes2
typically $558k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $293k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.4m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.4mApartment 2 - units 1-6 - new three-storey apartment with six units. Shared stair space is located in the middle. Each unit has open plan kitchen, dining, living, two-bedrooms & bathrm; tiimber bo 2 Viewmont Drive
- $400kRetaining wall & building platform 41 Harbour View Road
- $190kAdditions & alterations to existing dwg 54 Harbour View Road
- $50kAlterations to existing dwg – reclad & new joinery to ground floor. 20 Harbour View Road
- $43kRbw - moving a relocatable dwg to site. New timber pile sed foundations. New plumbing & drainage. New interior walls. New timber decks. 2 Viewmont Drive
68 consents
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw - alterations to an existing two-storey dwg including upgrading the existing ground floor bathrm to cater for the owner with dementia, including bathrm tiling & waterproofing, & remov
- Relocated buildings$43k
Rbw - moving a relocatable dwg to site. New timber pile sed foundations. New plumbing & drainage. New interior walls. New timber decks.
- Retaining walls$400k
Retaining wall & building platform
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Alterations to existing dwg – reclad & new joinery to ground floor.
- Alterations and additions$35k
Refurbish existing bathrm & ensuite to existing single level dwg.
- Alterations and additions$10k
Housing (detached dwg) - existing cupboard converted to a cupboard laundry
- Alterations and additions$190k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Apartment 2 - units 1-6 - new three-storey apartment with six units. Shared stair space is located in the middle. Each unit has open plan kitchen, dining, living, two-bedrooms & bathrm; tiimber bo
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - reclad dbl gge with james hardie plank on cavity & rab to match existing, new lvl lintel over gge door
- Alterations and additions$10k
Housing (detached dwg) - replace existing enclosed shower with wet area shower in same location
- 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,
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$80k
R2 - conversion of detached gge to sleepout with plumbing & partial reclad of main dwg
- Alterations and additions$9,850
R2 - alt to 2 storey detached dwg - waterproof membrane for tiled walls & floors in 2 bathrooms.
- Retaining walls$100k
R1 - strenghtening to existing retaining wall.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$25k
New sleepout...Exemption from building consent under 2.0 of the building code to construct a new 15sqm sleepout to be built on site, situated its own height (3m) away from existing consented 30sqm building & boundaries. Refer to original consent no
- Alterations and additions$85k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - upgrade kitchen & laundry
- Alterations and additions$35k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to bathrm, fit new wet floor shower, alt bathrm & kitchen doors
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$490k
Rbw - new balcony & canopy roof to the main bdrm on the first floor. New third storey add with mezzanine to the existing dwg to include a private living with bar kitchen, store, one bat
- Alterations and additions$100k
Ancillary - anchored concrete reinforced in-ground pile wall
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - replace aluminium windows, partial reclad, new beam & support for upstairs living room, beam support down to lower foundation wall
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$52k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - reclad of cedar weatherboards on the north, west, & east face
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$180k
R1 - x2 new anchored remedial retaining walls.
- Pools and spas$100k
Construction of concrete swimming pool, pool barrier, retaining walls, & balustrade in the rear yard.
- Garages, sheds and carports$180k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - convert existing gge with an add to include a 2-storey 1 bdrm dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$450k
Rbw - adding a dbl gge, extending the master bdrm, interior alterations. Bagging & painting the existing brick veneer cladding, recladding the roof, & updating some existing joinery units
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Harbour View?
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.