Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Maungaraki
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 Maungaraki itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 183 consents we hold in Maungaraki, 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 Maungaraki’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 Maungaraki
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Maungaraki. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Maungaraki
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 183 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jul 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 additions52
5 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- New homes19
2 in the last 12 months · typically $466k
- Fires and heating14
3 in the last 12 months · typically $4,975
- Insulation11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
typically $9,000
- Commercial alterations2
typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $95k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $1,500
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $740kNew 4 bdrm home with attached accomodation unit 5 Banksia Grove
- $450kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - new 2-storey, 4-bdrm dwg with attached gge (rear of existing dwg) 70 Oakleigh Street
- $220kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - extend dwg for new bdrm & ensuite, new timber deck, renovate bathrm with new wet area tiled shower 274 Maungaraki Road
- $150kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - external & internal alterations including bathrm renovation, partial weatherboard & window replacement & deck removal 84 Dowse Drive
- $45kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations, new toilet to bathrm, add bidet, new tiled shower, walls & floor 26 Wattle Grove
183 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Housing (detached dwg) - relocate existing stormwater main to rear of section
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - remove part walls in kitchen/dining, replace wall bracing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - install new toilet & drain in the bathrm
- Alterations and additions$150k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - external & internal alterations including bathrm renovation, partial weatherboard & window replacement & deck removal
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new bathrm added to lower level of dwg
- Insulation$6,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate walls
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of a freestanding masport r1200 woodburner on a tiled hearth going through an iron roof
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$15k
Housing (detached dwg) - concrete patio/block retaining wall remedial work
- Fires and heating$7,000
Housing (multi-unit dwg) - removal of existing freestanding fire & flue & installation of new firenzo vision with new flue kit & roof flashings
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of a freestanding kent Haast woodburner on a tiled hearth
- New homes$740k
New 4 bdrm home with attached accomodation unit
- New homes$450k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new 2-storey, 4-bdrm dwg with attached gge (rear of existing dwg)
- Alterations and additions$40k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new bathrm with tiled shower at rear of gge, re-glaze window with safety glass, relocate laundry to side of gge, & install new doors in internal gge wall
- Alterations and additions$220k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - extend dwg for new bdrm & ensuite, new timber deck, renovate bathrm with new wet area tiled shower
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$45k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations, new toilet to bathrm, add bidet, new tiled shower, walls & floor
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$6,159
Housing (detached dwg) - add second toilet to bathrm
- Alterations and additions$70k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - internal alterations to kitchen, laundry, bathrm & toilet
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new downstairs bathrm
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Housing (detached dwg) - under-tile waterproofing membrane as part of bathrm remodelling, all plumbing work & other work not listed to be completed under schedule 1 of building act
- Garages, sheds and carports$1,500
Housing (detached dwg) - new dbl glazed window in internal access gge as part of converting gge to bdrm
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to layout of bathrm & kitchen
- Relocated buildings$70k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - foundations (piles down), drainage & associated site works for two bdrm prefabricated dwg, includes relocation of dwg onto foundations (front of existing dwg on site)
- Alterations and additions$350k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - dwg extension, internal alterations & new timber deck
- Alterations and additions$15k
Housing (detached dwg) - add 2 new toilets & 1 shower in existing bathrm & laundry
- Alterations and additions$200k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, enclose first floor deck, new first floor deck at rear
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Maungaraki?
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.