Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Wainuiomata
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 Wainuiomata itself, 114 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 160 consents we hold in Wainuiomata, 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 Wainuiomata’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 Wainuiomata
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 7 statistical areas that make up most of it: Arakura, Glendale, Homedale West, Wainuiomata Central, Wainuiomata West, Homedale East, Towai. In the year to September 2026: 44 houses, 70 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 Wainuiomata
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 160 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Mar 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 additions25
3 in the last 12 months · typically $72k
- New homes24
1 in the last 12 months · typically $590k
- Multiple homes10
typically $1m
- Fires and heating9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,950
- Relocated buildings5
typically $95k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $50k
- Insulation4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $14k
- Commercial alterations3
typically $100k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $90k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $350kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - add 2 new bedrooms, bathrm, & open plan area to basement, provision for new entry & stair 117 Wainuiomata Road
- $313kNew 3 x bdrm dwg plus drainage 18 Mohaka Street
- $18kHousing (detached dwg) - remove existing linings, install insulation, install flashing to internal wet-area corners & reline with waterproofing, fully tiled bathrm from floor to ceiling 145 Wainuiomata Road
- $8,700Housing (detached dwg) - install new freestanding firenzo vision woodburner on logbox 3 Vermont Grove
- $6,000Exemption - housing (detached dwg) insulate existing walls 18 Davis Grove
160 consents
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - install retrofit dry fibre cosywall insulation to external walls
- Alterations and additions$350k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add 2 new bedrooms, bathrm, & open plan area to basement, provision for new entry & stair
- New homes$313k
New 3 x bdrm dwg plus drainage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install new toilet in laundry, minor internal plumbing work
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf kent woodburner in lounge
- Insulation$18k
Housing (detached dwg) - remove existing linings, install insulation, install flashing to internal wet-area corners & reline with waterproofing, fully tiled bathrm from floor to ceiling
- Alterations and additions$8,700
Housing (detached dwg) - install new freestanding firenzo vision woodburner on logbox
- Insulation$6,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) insulate existing walls
- Alterations and additions$100k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, new first floor deck & platform lift building
- Alterations and additions$195k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - fire & water damage reinstatement
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - remove internal wall, install replacement beam, insulate exterior living room & kitchen walls
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - remove two walls in kitchen area, new beam to support roof
- Alterations and additions$48k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - bath overflow water damage reinstatement
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - minor plumbing, new toilet & hand basin, replacement bracing, one internal lintel (ceiling load only)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - install new toilet & cavity slider in bathrm
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of a freestanding masport Kaituna wood fire
- Commercial alterations$25k
Outbuilding - new gge/workshop
- Fires and heating$6,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf metro mega rad woodburner
- Multiple homes$1.9m
Rbw - proposed 4 two storey dwgs, 4 dwgs with total floor area of 538.1m2, 4 bdrm & a single gge each lot, cladded with standard bevelback timber wb, vertical shiplap, jh linea wb an
- Alterations and additions$30k
Housing (detached dwg) - bathrm work involving acrylic shower with exposed piping under the house (subfloor)
- New homes$745k
New 3 x bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add kitchenette & ensuite to ground floor, new internal stair via gge, new sewing room, existing bathrm & wc to become ensuite
- Alterations and additions$100k
Rbw - housing (detached dwgs) - alterations to main dwg. Add to existing minor flat at the rear & upgrade existing structure.
- New homes$900k
New 3 x bdrm dwg
- New homes$1m
New 4 x bdrm dwg with integrated gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Wainuiomata?
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.