Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mākara Beach
824 new homes were consented in the Wellington City council area in the year to September 2026, up 66% on the year before. They also consented $377m of non-residential building work, down 45% on the year before. Below: 10 consents we hold in Mākara Beach, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Wellington City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Wellington 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 1,429 in 2019.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Wellington 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.
- Offices$153m
8 buildings · 10,560 m² new floor area · $2,610/m² new · −55% on the year before
- Education$97.7m
9 buildings · 9,454 m² new floor area · $7,951/m² new · +174% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$48.9m
3 buildings · 511 m² new floor area · $27,789/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$23.9m
1 building · −71% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$23.5m
+467% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$17.7m
1 building · 166 m² new floor area · $3,163/m² new · +60% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$7.1m
+44% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.4m
1 building · −98% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 545 m² new floor area · $1,734/m² new · +1488% on the year before
- Farm buildings$105k
1 building · 84 m² new floor area · $1,250/m² new · +5% on the year before
Consents on record in Mākara Beach
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 10 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jul 2025. 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 additions3
typically $30k
- Fires and heating1
typically $3,000
- New homes1
typically $2m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
10 consents
- Fires and heating$3,000
R2 - installation of freestanding solid fuel burner.
- New homes$2m
Rbw - proposed 4x two-level dwgs, each with living, dining, kitchen, four bedrooms, three & a wc, one family space, one parking space, underground water tank, retaining wall & a new vehicle c
- Alterations and additions$30k
R2 - new outbuilding with mezzanine
- Alterations and additions$300k
R2- additions & alterations to two storey detached dwg. Excavate to create gge under house. New deck.
- Alterations and additions$10k
R1 - 1 x freestanding & 1 x wetback fireplaces
- Fires and heating$2,500
R2 - portal quick - installation of a replacment freestanding masport r3000 woodburner through an existing penetration
- Fit-outs$40k
R1 - fit-out shower room, basin & toilet to existing outbuilding. Install/replace windows & doors to existing openings.
- Garages, sheds and carports$28k
R1 - new detached dbl gge. Firewall to the one side touching the boundary. Consent granted subject to section 72
- Fires and heating$1,200
R1 - installation of new jayline freestanding woodburner through existing penetrations
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
R1 - proposed timber deck
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Mākara Beach
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mākara Beach?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 824 new homes consented in the Wellington City council area, with $394m of residential and $377m 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.