Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hutt Central
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 Hutt Central itself, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 137 consents we hold in Hutt Central, 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 Hutt Central’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 Hutt Central
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Hutt Central North, Hutt Central South. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 2 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 Hutt Central
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 137 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Apr 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 additions38
6 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Insulation7
typically $6,000
- New homes6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $755k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $73k
- Multiple homes4
typically $725k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $10k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $40k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $262k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $50k
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) - add to rear for new kitchen, dining, living & laundry, new deck, additional bathrm & guest toilet, new detached gge 76 Knights Road
- $500kConstruct a two-level - three bdrm dwg with lift - attached single gge & pool fencing 58 Kings Crescent
- $220kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - extension & internal alterations 151 Kings Crescent
- $69kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - interior alterations to bathrm, including new walk-in shower & new fixtures & fittings 47 Bristol Square
- $49kRbw - housing - gge extension to provide single gge space & studio with bathrm/laundry 11 Colin Grove
137 consents
- Alterations and additions$69k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - interior alterations to bathrm, including new walk-in shower & new fixtures & fittings
- Alterations and additions$13k
Housing (detached dwg) - install replacement freestanding firenzo contessa ultra uleb woodburner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$49k
Rbw - housing - gge extension to provide single gge space & studio with bathrm/laundry
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - internal alt, remove wall, replace with new beam
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - replace glazed corner roof of dining room with metal profile roofing, insulation, skylights, shift kitchen door, infill dining room internal doors
- Alterations and additions$600k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add to rear for new kitchen, dining, living & laundry, new deck, additional bathrm & guest toilet, new detached gge
- New homes$500k
Construct a two-level - three bdrm dwg with lift - attached single gge & pool fencing
- Alterations and additions$220k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - extension & internal alterations
- Alterations and additions$300k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - extension to the rear of dwg to increase size of living areas & new standalone dbl gge to the front of section
- Alterations and additions$500k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations include removal/add of internal walls, new/revised plumbing fixture locations, new woodburner, demolish part of lean-to add, relocate gge
- Alterations and additions$65k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new beam to create enlarged kitchen/dining space, new ensuite & walk in robe to primary bdrm, new reconfigured family bathrm +more
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Rbw - exemption - replace plumbing fittings in bathrm, replace shower over bath with walk in tiled shower
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install new freestanding metro r2 fireplace with new flue & flashings
- Alterations and additions$250k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add & alterations, new lounge area
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - bathrm renovation, installation of tiled shower cubicle, bathrm floor & glass shower screen
- Insulation$6,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate existing walls
- Alterations and additions$400k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - replace upper floor cladding, install new roof framing to increase roof pitch & new roof cladding
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - add an intertenancy wall to convert a standalone detached dwg into a multi-unit dwg; replace existing kitchen with new, &, plumbing works to ground floor.
- Alterations and additions$450k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, update kitchen & bathrm, create master bdrm suite in existing gge, new deck
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - convert gge into a 1 bdrm self contained flat
- Alterations and additions$350k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add/alterations, create new master bdrm with ensuite & wardrobe over gge, new roof, new kitchen, internal ground floor changes
- Alterations and additions$25k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to bathrm & ensuite, remove/replace bathrm fixtures, fittings & floor tiles
- Alterations and additions$10k
Housing (detached dwg) - add - building work carried out in the lobby
- Alterations and additions$60k
Housing (detached dwg) - construct louvred sunroom & a garden cabana
- New homes$860k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - two new 2 storey, 4 bdrm dwgs
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hutt Central?
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.