Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Awatoto
328 new homes were consented in the Napier City council area in the year to September 2026, up 41% on the year before. They also consented $54.2m of non-residential building work, down 58% on the year before. In the statistical area around Awatoto, 28 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 41 consents we hold in Awatoto, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Napier City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Awatoto’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Napier 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 442 in 2005.
New homes in Awatoto
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Awatoto sits in (Meeanee-Awatoto) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 18 houses, 10 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 — Napier 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$14.6m
2 buildings · 816 m² new floor area · $4,289/m² new · +31% on the year before
- Offices$12.8m
2 buildings · 801 m² new floor area · $7,703/m² new · −74% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$8.9m
5 buildings · 1,096 m² new floor area · $3,212/m² new · +49% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$7.3m
3 buildings · 1,548 m² new floor area · $4,255/m² new · −81% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$5m
3 buildings · 2,266 m² new floor area · $1,980/m² new · +740% on the year before
- Education$4.8m
2 buildings · 191 m² new floor area · $1,937/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Farm buildings$740k
9 buildings · 925 m² new floor area · $800/m² new · +2% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$178k
−97% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$50k
−71% on the year before
Consents on record in Awatoto
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 41 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Apr 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.
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $555k
- Alterations and additions7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $730k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $20k
- Pools and spas2
typically $23k
- Fires and heating2
typically $5,742
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $600k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $150k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $960kRbw: 2 x two-storey detached dwgs including four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, laundry, & single gge; private aboveground stormwater tanks. 54 McLeod Road
- $600kAlterations to dwg including re-pitch of roof & full reclad 260 Te Awa Avenue
- $400kDwg with attached gge 36 higgins St Woodend lot 659 dp 587359 140 Te Awa Avenue
- $150kConvert utility room/laundry to fourth bdrm, relocate laundry to gge, new kitchen. 21 Hunter Drive
- $3,000Building has been built closer than 1.000 from boundary & requires neighbours permission (attached) & fire rated walls to those areas (attached) 25A Phillips Street
41 consents
- New homes$400k
Dwg with attached gge 36 higgins St Woodend lot 659 dp 587359
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Convert utility room/laundry to fourth bdrm, relocate laundry to gge, new kitchen.
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Building has been built closer than 1.000 from boundary & requires neighbours permission (attached) & fire rated walls to those areas (attached)
- Multiple homes$960k
Rbw: 2 x two-storey detached dwgs including four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, laundry, & single gge; private aboveground stormwater tanks.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$600k
Alterations to dwg including re-pitch of roof & full reclad
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Connect to council sewer
- Pools and spas$5,000
Swimming pool fence only
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt position of internal walls / bracing elements add a window & alt sizes of others, add a woodfire
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Alt position of internal walls / bracing elements add a window & alt sizes of others
- New homes$550k
New 3 x bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$5,521
New install of metro wee rad woody freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$10k
Replace windows with ranch slider
- New homes$560k
New 2 x bdrm dwg
- Relocated buildings$150k
Rbw onsite relocation of the existing home to rear of site, with additional home to be relocated to front of site. New foundations & service connections
- Pools and spas$40k
Pool & fence
- New homes$650k
Construct single storey dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$720k
New 4 x bdrm dwg
- New homes$580k
New 3 x bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Retaining walls$1,000
Retaining wall
- Multiple homes$500k
New 3 x bdrm dwg (duplex with 138c)
- Fires and heating$5,963
New install of metro xtreme rad woody Ltd freestanding woodburner
- New homes$330k
Dwg with attached gge 39 higgins St Woodend lot 653 dp 587359
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$60k
Re-clad roof & new deck
- Alterations and additions$20k
Concrete nib upstand to achieve new cladding & framing ground clearance with existing ground levels.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Construct small private wastewater pump station with new connection into council sewer system
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Awatoto?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 328 new homes consented in the Napier City council area, with $162m of residential and $54.2m 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.