Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kelson
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 Kelson itself, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 95 consents we hold in Kelson, 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 Kelson’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 Kelson
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Kelson. In the year to September 2026: 7 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 Kelson
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 95 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.
- Alterations and additions27
2 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Fires and heating10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,250
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $4,260
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $30k
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $409k
- Insulation2
typically $5,500
- Multiple homes1
typically $1.2m
- Demolition1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $402kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new 4-bdrm single storey dwg with attached gge (lot 76) 9 Mohua Way
- $96kRbw internal alterations to kitchen / living room, relocate f/s woodsman Tasman solid fuel burner & laundry, re-line gge & install new fs plumbing 3 Kelso Grove
- $60kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - bathrm & laundry alterations, including a new toilet & tiled shower, resurface balcony, new aluminium balustrade, & replace tiled roofing with colorsteel roofing 12 Haast Close
- $45kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - reconstruct waterproof deck with new balustrades, new windows & doors 115 Major Drive
- $40kAncillary - new verandah & new engineered retained carparking area 23 Bedford Grove
95 consents
- New homes$402k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new 4-bdrm single storey dwg with attached gge (lot 76)
- Alterations and additions$60k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - bathrm & laundry alterations, including a new toilet & tiled shower, resurface balcony, new aluminium balustrade, & replace tiled roofing with colorsteel roofing
- Fires and heating$4,860
Rbw change to internal wall in gge, cladding & solid fuel burner to woodsman Tarras mkiii
- Fires and heating$7,500
Housing (detached dwg) - install a replacement freestanding woodburner & flue system with new dektite, soaker flashing & ash floor protector
- Fires and heating$8,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a replacement fsf woodsman serene petite woodburner with new flue system
- Alterations and additions$96k
Rbw internal alterations to kitchen / living room, relocate f/s woodsman Tasman solid fuel burner & laundry, re-line gge & install new fs plumbing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$18k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new ensuite with shower, toilet & vanity, new exterior window & lintel, & bracing to new areas
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$45k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - reconstruct waterproof deck with new balustrades, new windows & doors
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Ancillary - new verandah & new engineered retained carparking area
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1,000
Housing (detached dwg) - additional toilet
- Alterations and additions$120k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal & bathrm alterations, new lounge doors, rear deck & steps
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construct new gge
- Insulation$6,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate walls
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - remove non load bearing bdrm & laundry walls for new dining/kitchen, add new wardrobe in existing kitchen & convert into laundry, add new ensuite & walk-in robe
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of a new freestanding maxen cargill 350d wood burner, hearth & flue system
- Fires and heating$7,500
Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf woodburner & new flue system, new ash floor protector
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$150k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - demolish ground level deck, replace with a new timber frame walkway around the building, install drain, repair the undermined foundation on the corner of the house
- Multiple homes$1.2m
3 x 1 bdrm units & 3 x 2 bdrm units
- Demolition$60k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - demolish & replace deck
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, new deck & shed
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install new firenzo encore freestanding woodburner
- New homes$416k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new single storey 3-bdrm dwg with corrugated wall cladding & trapezoidal colorsteel roofing
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - relocate kitchen, improve living space & layout, new ensuite to main bdrm, relocate laundry into existing bathrm
- Alterations and additions$100k
RBW - housing (detached dwg) - internal kitchen & bathrm alt with wet area finish, foundation of bridging over existing council main
- Fires and heating$3,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a FSF Masport Clutha woodburner, new flue kit, new roof flashings
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Kelson
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kelson?
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.