Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Moera
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 Moera itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 49 consents we hold in Moera, 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 Moera’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 Moera
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Moera. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 1 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 Moera
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 49 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Feb 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 additions13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $72k
- New homes5
typically $400k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $70k
- Fires and heating2
typically $5,000
- Relocated buildings2
typically $102k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $280k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $75kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - convert storage room into a habitable 1 bdrm unit, new kitchen, refurbish bathrm 152 Randwick Road
49 consents
- Alterations and additions$75k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - convert storage room into a habitable 1 bdrm unit, new kitchen, refurbish bathrm
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$280k
Outbuilding - new single storey timber framed gge with sleepout & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$32k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal renovations & alterations, convert gge to a master bdrm & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$120k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - extension for unit at rear, add 2 bedrooms & bathrm
- Fires and heating$3,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install new fsf metro tiny ped using existing e2 roof flashing, replaces existing wood fire
- Relocated buildings$3,000
Housing (detached dwg) - relocate laundry from dwg to the gge
- Alterations and additions$5,800
Housing (detached dwg) - upgrade shower to a tiled proprietary shower system
- Alterations and additions$19k
Res additions & alterations installng a new kitchen into the second floor
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - internal alterations - reform concrete slab below new level entry wet area shower & widen bathrm doorway
- Alterations and additions$125k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - renovate kitchen, living room, bathrm & laundry, infill rear porch
- Alterations and additions$3,696
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - install retrofit dry fibre cosywall insulation to external walls
- Alterations and additions$100k
Retrofit of existing dwg to improve thermal performance & modernise layout
- Relocated buildings$200k
Rbw � housing (detached dwg) - relocation of existing dwg within the site, new foundations & drainage, internal alterations to create open plan kitchen/dining/living area, additional bdrm to 3 in total & new bathrm, new external de
- New homes$222k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new single storey dwg with 2 bedrooms, timber framed structure & a single cladding type (townhouse 1)
- New homes$267k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new single storey dwg with 3 bedrooms, timber framed structure & a single cladding type (townhouse 2)
- Fires and heating$7,000
Housing - install a new ibf jayline is550 woodburner & new flue system into existing masonry cavity
- Alterations and additions$72k
Retrofit of dwg incorporating consent-able works that includes: new insulation, smoke detector layouts, bracing replaced on a no-worse basis, structural alterations to suit open plan living
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Outbuilding - new versatile gge [non habitable]
- New homes$400k
New 2 storey detached dwg with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached gge with 2 wall claddings
- New homes$400k
Rbw - housing - new 2 storey detached dwg with 3 bedrooms, 3 wall claddings & attached gge (unit c - lot 3) ( solutions)
- New homes$400k
Rbw - housing � new 2 storey detached dwg with 3 bedrooms, 3 wall claddings & attached gge (unit b - lot 2) ( solutions)
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Rbw - housing - convert gge/rumpus room building into a second self-contained dwg with add of a bathrm, kitchen & plumbing work (solutions)
- Alterations and additions$72k
Retrofit of dwg incorporating consentable works that includes: new insulation, smoke detector layouts, bracing replaced on a no-worse basis, structural alterations to suit open plan living
- Alterations and additions$72k
(13 croft grove) retrofit of dwg incorporating consent-able works that includes: new insulation, smoke detector layouts, bracing replaced on a no-worse basis, structural alterations to suit open plan living
- Alterations and additions$150k
Rbw - housing - add/alterations, renovate kitchen/laundry area, add lean-to off kitchen + more
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Moera?
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.