Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waiwhetū
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 Waiwhetū itself, 24 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 154 consents we hold in Waiwhetū, 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 Waiwhetū’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 Waiwhetū
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Waiwhetu South, Waiwhetu North. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 12 townhouses and units, 10 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 Waiwhetū
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 154 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Sep 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 additions42
2 in the last 12 months · typically $74k
- New homes15
1 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Fires and heating9
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $65k
- Multiple homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.1m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $135k
- Insulation2
typically $6,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $31k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $300k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1mRbw - housing (multi-unit & detached dwg) - typology & site consent: site works involve earthworks, civil works, & drainage. Construction of a 2-bdrm duplex & 3 bdrm stand alone unit. 23 Waiwhetu Road
- $500kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - new two storey dwg with internal access gge 85B Riverside Drive
- $60kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - alt the living room, bdrm, & kitchen layout & add a new front deck over the existing porch 12 Trafalgar Street
- $10kOutbuilding - plumbing & drainage work only 43-45 Atiawa Crescent
- $9,500Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new window in kitchen exterior wall 212-214 Whites Line East
154 consents
- Fires and heating$9,000
Alt to dwg - installation of woodsman strongman multi-fuel, freestanding, wet-back, wood burner
- New homes$500k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new two storey dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf masport Kaituna woodburner on a tiled hearth
- Multiple homes$1.1m
Rbw - housing (multi-unit & detached dwg) - typology & site consent: site works involve earthworks, civil works, & drainage. Construction of a 2-bdrm duplex & 3 bdrm stand alone unit.
- Fires and heating$500
Housing (detached dwg) - relocate fsf woodsman serene woodburner within the same dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Outbuilding - plumbing & drainage work only
- Alterations and additions$60k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alt the living room, bdrm, & kitchen layout & add a new front deck over the existing porch
- Alterations and additions$9,500
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new window in kitchen exterior wall
- Alterations and additions$3,500
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - open up between kitchen & dining
- Alterations and additions$150k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations, new kitchen, pantry, laundry layout & front door location
- Fires and heating$3,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf metro wee rad leg woodburner on a tiled hearth
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$20k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - structural repairs
- Commercial alterations$300k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - dwg extension to add a new 2 storey gge & entry on the ground floor with main bdrm suite, ensuite, storage & office above
- Alterations and additions$18k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alt to kitchen, new shower to bathrm
- Alterations and additions$48k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations, laundry & bathrm changes & ensuite add
- New homes$700k
New dwg with attached gge & lift
- Alterations and additions$50k
The foundations & site works for a 12.5m x 3.4m prefabricated dwg (piles down).
- Alterations and additions$25k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new ensuite to existing bdrm
- Alterations and additions$150k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - change kitchen location; install beam to replace removed wall.
- New homes$110k
Transportable dwg hugo 36m2 89 whites Rd Ohoka lot 2 dp 27033
- New homes$110k
Transportable dwg 1036008 Hugo 89 Whites Rd Ohoka lot 2 dp 27033
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - dwg alt, remove wall & chimney to form open plan living, bathrm & laundry floor tiling, & additional toilet
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Housing (detached dwg) - alterations - new ensuite, plumbing/drainage to extend to existing main bathrm drainage
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$32k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add sunroom extension to gge/sleepout
- New homes$135k
Transportable dwg 45m2 89 Whites Rd Ohoka Lot 2 DP 27033
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waiwhetū?
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.