Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in York Bay
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 the statistical area around York Bay, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 35 consents we hold in York Bay, 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 York Bay’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 York Bay
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area York Bay sits in (Pencarrow) — the suburb is smaller than one. 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 York Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 35 from 1 Jul 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 additions11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $68k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $20k
- New homes2
typically $485k
- Fires and heating1
typically $3,500
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $35k
- Retaining walls1
typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $45kOutbuilding - construct dbl gge 8 Taungata Road
- $9,500Housing (detached dwg) - bathrm renovation including a wet area shower 18A Taungata Road
35 consents
- Alterations and additions$9,500
Housing (detached dwg) - bathrm renovation including a wet area shower
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Outbuilding - construct dbl gge
- Retaining walls$20k
Ancillary - replacing a failing retaining wall with new block work wall
- Alterations and additions$4,800
Housing (detached dwg) - new tiled membrane shower & remove & patch one window in ensuite
- Alterations and additions$375k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - single storey extension to existing 2 storey house, remedial work to garden room & retaining structures
- Commercial alterations$30k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - cut1.0m off the bathrm & office, cut the roof back so the structure's external wall is not within 1.0m of the boundary
- Alterations and additions$250k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) � internal alterations to create ensuite within existing master bdrm & laundry cupboard to kitchen
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Outbuildings - new gge in front yard with new driveway from Rd (replace existing gge in different location)
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Housing - alterations, waterproof & tile two showers
- Alterations and additions$75k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) � internal alterations to first floor for new additional bdrm & entry space, layout changes to laundry & living areas, install new wood burner fireplace
- Alterations and additions$35k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new kitchen windows/lintels & door to deck, decking & barrier & steps to deck from ground, new support for existing rafter, partial reclad on external kitchen walls
- New homes$120k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new single level dwg with 1 bdrm, 1 study, 2 cladding types, membrane roof (designed as stage 1 of larger dwg)
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw housing - alterations, remove & replace windows, new bay window, roof beams to make good, internal linings & skylights
- Fires and heating$3,500
Housing - install a fsf pyro classic iv woodburner with stainless steel outer casing for salt exposure (remove existing fire)
- Commercial alterations$9,900
Outbuilding - new workshop/storage shed at rear of site
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$35k
Outbuilding - standalone cabin with deck
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw - housing - alterations, replace balustrade
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - housing - internal alterations, fit structure beams for open plan living area
- New homes$850k
Rbw - housing - new 2 storey detached dwg with car parking (rear of existing dwg)
- Alterations and additions$140k
Ancillary - construction of rails for a new cable car
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$4,000
Housing - alterations, renovate laundry, add toilet, new sink
- Fires and heating$5,000
Housing � install a fsf pyroclassic mini iv woodburner on to insulated tiled hearth
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$4,950
Housing - install fsf warmington studio woodburner on to tiled hearth
- Fires and heating$4,900
Housing - install a fsf masport r3000 woodburner on a tiled hearth, use existing outer liner & roof flashing
- Alterations and additions$40k
Res - new timber cardeck
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in York Bay?
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.