Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Lowry Bay
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 Lowry Bay, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 48 consents we hold in Lowry Bay, 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 Lowry Bay’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 Lowry Bay
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Lowry Bay sits in (Eastern Bays) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 1 townhouses and units, 1 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 Lowry Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 48 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 additions12
typically $38k
- Fires and heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes2
typically $1.7m
- Insulation2
typically $5,500
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $48k
- Pools and spas1
typically $8,500
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $1.6m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $7,500Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf woodsman woodburner on new ash floor protector, new dektite & soaker flashing 132 Cheviot Road
48 consents
- Fires and heating$7,500
Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf woodsman woodburner on new ash floor protector, new dektite & soaker flashing
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a replacement ibf firenzo kompact deco woodburner with new flue system & mortared flashing plate
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - reconfigure bathrm, add sauna to laundry, tiling, new skylights
- New homes$2m
Rbw - four new dbl storey detached dwgs- lot 1 dwg with 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, single internal gge lot 2,3,4 each with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, & internal gge. Extension to the public
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install new Firenzo Kompact inbuilt woodburner into brick masonry chimney
- Fires and heating$5,000
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of an inbuilt Masport LE 4000 woodburner into an existing chimney & fire surround
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Outbuilding - new kitset gge on raft foundation
- Alterations and additions$490k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) � alterations � extend ground floor to create new living & laundry spaces, extend first floor to create new bdrm & ensuite & enclose existing deck to create larger bdrm, new dbl gge to replace exist
- Alterations and additions$50k
Housing - alterations, new bathrm & ensuite, tile membrane required
- Alterations and additions$175k
Rbw - housing - alterations, reconfigure internal bdrm/bathrm walls for additional bdrm, new beams/associated posts, new & altered windows to suit new layout
- Fires and heating$6,000
Housing � install a new fsf woodsman serene petite woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,500
Housing - install an ibf masport Rangitata insert woodburner into open fire chimney
- New homes$1.4m
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) � new 2 storey 3-bdrm dwg with 2 wall claddings, internal lift, attached gge
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw - housing - alterations, renovate bathrm & ensuite, reposition toilet & vanity, replace shower trays, new wall linings & more
- Insulation$6,000
Exemption - housing - retrofit insulmax wall insulation
- Pools and spas$8,500
Housing - installation of pre-formed fibreglass pool & pool barrier
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$1.6m
Rbw - housing - reclad of existing dwg, new wall & roof cladding, demolition of level 4 walls with new timber framing & cladding to replace & new roof to level 3 ( comply NZ)
- Alterations and additions$900k
Rbw - housing - dwg extension, additional living, bdrm, & ensuite on level 1, dbl gge with a membrane deck over, level 2 is extended into the existing covered deck area, re-roof entire dwg ( solutions)
- Insulation$5,000
Exemption - housing - retrofit insulmax wall insulation
- Fires and heating$4,900
Housing � install a fsf masport r3000 woodburner on to a steel hearth
- Alterations and additions$18k
Rbw - housing - alterations, install 2 new windows, new kitchen joinery (solutions)
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Outbuilding - new dbl gge gge in place of & an extension to existing single gge, re-use foundation & subfloor framing, new foundations for the extension
- Alterations and additions$45k
Housing - alterations, renovate main bathrm & ensuite bathrm
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw - housing - internal alterations, remove wall between kitchen & family room, install new beam in roof cavity above ceiling & more
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - housing - alterations, remove external kitchen wall/window & replace with bi-fold doors
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Lowry Bay?
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.