Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Matatā
Councils consented $29.8m of non-residential building work in the Whakatane District council area in the year to September 2026, down 7% on the year before. Below: 3 commercial consents we hold in Matatā, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whakatane District council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Whakatane 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.
- Education$8.7m
3 buildings · 1,013 m² new floor area · $4,679/m² new · +82% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6m
5 buildings · 1,496 m² new floor area · $2,624/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 106 m² new floor area · $14,151/m² new · −45% on the year before
- Offices$4.6m
3 buildings · 579 m² new floor area · $1,606/m² new · −2% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.6m
17 buildings · 3,119 m² new floor area · $814/m² new · +7% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
+4365% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$620k
+15% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$550k
1 building · +518% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Matatā
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 3 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Dec 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.
- New commercial buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.9m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mRbw: construction of new single storey house with two wings. New gge shed. Total of four bedrooms, four bathrroms, media room, office, kitchen, dbl gge, pool & solid fuel heater. Retaining 2 Kereru Lane, Matatā
3 consents
- New commercial buildings$2m
Rbw: construction of new single storey house with two wings. New gge shed. Total of four bedrooms, four bathrroms, media room, office, kitchen, dbl gge, pool & solid fuel heater. Retaining
- New commercial buildings$1.9m
New four bdrm family home plus office & attached dbl gge
- Commercial alterations$32k
Steel framed gge/workshop
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Matatā
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Matatā?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 131 new homes consented in the Whakatane District council area, with $49.6m of residential and $29.8m 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.