Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waterloo
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 Waterloo itself, 18 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 233 consents we hold in Waterloo, 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 Waterloo’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 Waterloo
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Waterloo East, Waterloo West. In the year to September 2026: 9 houses, 9 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 Waterloo
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 233 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 additions62
6 in the last 12 months · typically $72k
- Fires and heating10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Insulation10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $550k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Multiple homes5
typically $750k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
typically $78k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $175k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $638kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new 4-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge (lot 2 - rear of existing dwg) 106 Waiwhetu Road
- $350kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - bdrm, ensuite, kitchen, dining & laundry additions & minor alterations 33 Haig Street
- $250kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - alt & extend single-storey 3-bdrm dwg to a 4-bdrm, 2-bathrm dwg with office & second living; includes new slab, cladding, roof & joinery 8A Rossiter Avenue
- $180kOutbuilding - replacement of existing gge 294 Waterloo Road
- $100kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - extend existing bdrm to accommodate new master suite 42 Haig Street
233 consents
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - replace corrugated roof with membrane roof
- Garages, sheds and carports$180k
Outbuilding - replacement of existing gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Kaituna wood stacker, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac-234636
- Alterations and additions$100k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - extend existing bdrm to accommodate new master suite
- Alterations and additions$350k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - bdrm, ensuite, kitchen, dining & laundry additions & minor alterations
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - replace an existing wood burner with a new freestanding masport Hurunui pedestal model using the existing outer liner & roof flashing
- Commercial alterations$250k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alt & extend single-storey 3-bdrm dwg to a 4-bdrm, 2-bathrm dwg with office & second living; includes new slab, cladding, roof & joinery
- Insulation$9,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate walls
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alt to dwg - installation of metro ultra tiny rad(uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac-210657
- New homes$638k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new 4-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge (lot 2 - rear of existing dwg)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Housing (detached dwg) - new stormwater sump, to be connected to existing stormwater lateral to council stormwater mains
- Alterations and additions$99k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, fill in rear porch to connect kitchen & laundry, remove some load-bearing walls & replace with beams
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Replace deck of dwg
- Alterations and additions$95k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to lower level, includes new kitchen, laundry, bathrm & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$10k
Housing (detached dwg) - alterations to downstairs bathrm to include a tiled shower
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$21k
Rbw - exemption - housing (detached dwg) - convert toilet room into ensuite bathrm for rear bdrm
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - installation of new joinery & lintels for new dbl glazed doors & windows
- Insulation$7,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate walls
- Fires and heating$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf firenzo stella woodburner with new flue & flashing
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca monte leg heater in dwg
- Commercial alterations$100k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add, alt entry & office for additional bdrm, add new attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca xander insert heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to bathrooms
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of stormwater detention tank & pump
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$120k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - partial reclad to nuwall mono 200, replace all existing joinery, remove of bay windows, & extend entry roof canopy
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waterloo?
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.