Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Brooklyn
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. In the statistical area around Brooklyn, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 40 consents we hold in Brooklyn, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Brooklyn’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Brooklyn
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Brooklyn sits in (Takaka Hills) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 0 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 — 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 Brooklyn
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 40 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jun 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 heating13
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,300
- Alterations and additions6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
typically $17k
- Relocated buildings3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- New homes3
typically $550k
- Retaining walls1
typically $50k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $25k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $26k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $240k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $200kConstruct foundation & extension for relocated tiny home 2 housing - detached 160 Motueka Valley Highway
- $60kInternal alterations to dwg 7 Little Sydney Road
- $10kInternal & external alterations to dwg 229 Little Sydney Road
- $9,000Install freestanding wood burner 14 Motueka River West Bank Road
- $6,500Install freestanding pellet fire 148 Brooklyn Valley Road
40 consents
- Alterations and additions$60k
Internal alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$10k
Internal & external alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install freestanding pellet fire
- Relocated buildings$200k
Construct foundation & extension for relocated tiny home 2 housing - detached
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Relocated buildings$200k
Construct foundation & extension for relocated tiny home 1
- Garages, sheds and carports$26k
Internal alterations & convert carport into bdrm
- Alterations and additions$149k
Extension with internal & external alterations
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$20k
Install sprinkler system to dwg two & three
- Retaining walls$50k
Construct retaining wall
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- New homes$220k
Construct third dwg & ablution block
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$18k
Install new onsite wastewater
- Relocated buildings$110k
Rbw - relocation of minor dwg to site, new foundations & sewer system.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Fit siberian larch weather board cladding
- Alterations and additions$2,500
This building work contains builtready modular component(s).
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Install new onsite wastewater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Replace on-site wastewater system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Install wastewater system
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace woodburner with masport freestanding woodburner
- New homes$550k
New dwg with metro freestanding wood burner &
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$25k
Convert gge into studio with services
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Brooklyn?
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.