Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Lower Moutere
280 new homes were consented in the Tasman District council area in the year to September 2026, down 5% on the year before. They also consented $142m of non-residential building work, up 81% on the year before. Below: 42 consents we hold in Lower Moutere, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tasman District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tasman District, 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 661 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tasman District, 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$45.8m
7 buildings · 9,720 m² new floor area · $4,131/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$27.8m
2 buildings · 4,226 m² new floor area · $6,425/m² new · +4320% on the year before
- Education$20.6m
1 building · 1,160 m² new floor area · $13,793/m² new · +458% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15m
6 buildings · 7,502 m² new floor area · $1,882/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$9.3m
2 buildings · 1,979 m² new floor area · $4,118/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Offices$7.5m
3 buildings · 776 m² new floor area · $5,528/m² new · +126% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.7m
19 buildings · 8,768 m² new floor area · $575/m² new · +185% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$5.1m
3 buildings · 1,711 m² new floor area · $2,981/m² new · −2% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$4.6m
3 buildings · 1,230 m² new floor area · $3,541/m² new · +151% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$610k
1 building · 132 m² new floor area · $3,485/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in Lower Moutere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 42 from 1 Feb 2020 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.
- Fires and heating9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- New homes3
typically $655k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $106k
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $180k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $28k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $50k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $18k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $100k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $180kInstall an inground swimming pool 919 Tasman View Road, Lower Moutere
- $30kExtension & internal alterations to dwg 121 Central Road, Lower Moutere
- $20kInstall onsite wastewater system 297 Central Road, Lower Moutere
- $18kInternal & external alterations to dwg 43E Flett Road, Lower Moutere
- $9,000Install in-built wood burner 71 Waiwhero Road, Lower Moutere
42 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$30k
Extension & internal alterations to dwg
- Alterations and additions$18k
Internal & external alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install in-built wood burner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Install onsite wastewater system
- Pools and spas$180k
Install an inground swimming pool
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$100k
Construct sleepout
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$99k
Exstg cantilever (1250mm) non compliant. New subfloor to remedy. Upper deck support bearer twisted & penetrates cladding at one end. Bearer replaced & supported by new post, so no longer penetrates building. Remedial work to weatherbds & moistu
- New commercial buildings$50k
Res/farm - transportable three bdrm with office dwg. Additional foundations, decks, steps, base cladding, service connections & fire place.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$18k
Replacement onsite wastewater system
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,500
Res/farm - 100mm upvc sewer will replace the existing sewer lateral with new connection for proposed future lot.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$112k
Construct sleepout
- Alterations and additions$120k
Alterations & additions to dwg
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Existing installation of type 1 alarm system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Install wastewater system & fire sprinkler system
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Relocated buildings$18k
Relocated building
- New homes$797k
Construct new dwg with freestanding wood burner &
- Alterations and additions$45k
Internal alterations
- New homes$655k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner oven
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport freestanding wood burner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$100k
Extension, internal alterations & re-roof of existing
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Suburbs in Lower Moutere
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Lower Moutere?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 280 new homes consented in the Tasman District council area, with $166m of residential and $142m 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.