Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Petone
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 Petone itself, 20 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 299 consents we hold in Petone, 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 Petone’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 Petone
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Petone Esplanade, Petone East, Petone Central. In the year to September 2026: 14 houses, 6 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 Petone
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 299 from 1 Jul 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 additions62
4 in the last 12 months · typically $72k
- New homes17
3 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Fires and heating13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $4,950
- Insulation11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $57k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,380
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts6
typically $195k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Multiple homes5
typically $861k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $168k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $480kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new two-storey dwg to rear of site comprising part concrete slab & part timber subfloor 132 William Street
- $400kSingle storey 4 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 3 Adelaide Street
- $250kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - new single storey standalone dwg 8 Roxburgh Grove
- $150kOutbuilding - new gge 1 Ava Street
- $70kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - recladding of existing dwg, wall insulation installation & window joinery replacement to dbl glazing 10 Atiawa Street
299 consents
- Fit-outs$60k
Commercial - construct mezzanine, add kitchenette, internal fit out of shell
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$4,500
Housing (detached dwg) - alt laundry layout & install new toilet
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - carport add
- New homes$400k
Single storey 4 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$30k
Outbuilding at rear of property
- Fires and heating$9,500
Housing (detached dwg) - new freestanding ravelli rosa r70 pellet fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Outbuilding - new gge
- New homes$480k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new two-storey dwg to rear of site comprising part concrete slab & part timber subfloor
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - St facade upgrade & load bearing wall alterations
- Insulation$9,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate walls
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - replace existing internal wall with timber beam
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$70k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - recladding of existing dwg, wall insulation installation & window joinery replacement to dbl glazing
- New homes$250k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new single storey standalone dwg
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install new pyro classic mini freestanding fireplace with new flue & flashing
- Fires and heating$4,800
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Kaituna leg, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 234634
- Insulation$7,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate existing walls
- New commercial buildings$380k
Rbw - commercial - new 3-bdrm dwg to be used as a display home
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add/alt, enclose front porch for additional bdrm, remove wall for open-plan kitchen/living, revamp kitchen/laundry layout, install new upvc windows
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - partial repile of dwg
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alts
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$28k
Housing (detached dwg) - original upstairs toilet room extended into next door bdrm to enable shower & vanity to be installed for complete bathrm
- Alterations and additions$100k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - relocate kitchen, new bathrm, internal wall reconfiguration, new external windows & doors, re-roof
- Alterations and additions$150k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations, add ensuite, laundry, bathrm, open plan kitchen, new beam
- Garages, sheds and carports$78k
Outbuilding - construction of a Versatile gge on a concrete slab with 2 firewalls
- Alterations and additions$25k
Housing (detached dwg) - refurbish bathrm, remove bath & vanity, install new tiled shower, vanity & toilet, new tiled floor over waterproofing membrane
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Petone?
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.