Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Napier
Councils consented $54.2m of non-residential building work in the Napier City council area in the year to September 2026, down 58% on the year before. Below: 228 commercial consents we hold in Napier, 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.
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
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 Napier
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 228 from 1 Aug 2019 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.
- Farm buildings21
typically $50k
- Commercial alterations13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Fit-outs5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New commercial buildings4
typically $688k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kNew garage and workshop 1950 Pakowhai Road, Pakowhai
- $50kAmendment to bco10383588 - fit-out of units 1c & 1d. New entrance doors to unit 4. 89 King Street, Taradale
- $35kRefurbish existing commercial building into toilet, shower & laundry amenities block 76 Bledisloe Road, Maraenui
228 consents
- Fit-outs$50k
Amendment to bco10383588 - fit-out of units 1c & 1d. New entrance doors to unit 4.
- Commercial alterations$35k
Refurbish existing commercial building into toilet, shower & laundry amenities block
- Commercial alterations$150k
New garage and workshop
- Commercial alterations$160k
New carport with office/sleepout
- Fit-outs$20k
Fit out of ensuite in walk-in wardrobe (pipework completed under bc971324)
- New commercial buildings$876k
Rbw - single storey, res dwg with four bedrooms & office, one ensuite, one family bathrm with a separate wc, open plan living & dining areas, kitchen with scullery & media room, s
- Commercial alterations$60k
Enlarged the wir, by moving the door towards the gge door. Keeping the window in the wir. Keeping the existing cladding on the back wall along the wir, bdrm, & office. Move kitchen sink to island bench. Remove the sink from the scullery. Alte
- Fit-outs$95k
Rbw - removal of old pergola & bathrm. Install new exterior door + interior reconfiguration & fitout.
- Commercial alterations$25k
Convert gge to office with facilities
- Commercial alterations$200k
New 1 x bdrm sleepout with office, new art studio
- New commercial buildings$500k
Three res units factory built for relocation two housing - detached
- Fit-outs$150k
New internal fit out & bathrm alterations
- Commercial alterations$100k
Extend living room & office, add wood fire.
- Commercial alterations$180k
New pool pavilion, pool enclosure & landscaping amendment 1: changes to piles
- Commercial alterations$625k
New office & gge
- Commercial alterations$45k
New bathrm to existing office area
- Commercial alterations$300k
Convert part gge to guest room plus new kitchen & bar
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Alt & change of use (cl to sa) to commercial (restaurant) building - covert upper floor to dwg/short term accommodation - subject to a waiver of building code clause c3.3, c3.6 & c3.7
- Commercial alterations$500k
New stand alone gge & studio office
- New commercial buildings$9m
Rbw - a two storey dwg plus basement containing five bedrooms plus office. Seven bathrooms. A kitchen, media room, gymnasium, four living rooms & a four car gge. Private drainage.
- Fit-outs$10k
Change from gib bracing to ecoply bracing, 2 x internal walls insulation bathrm fitout (underfloor pipe work already consented)
- New commercial buildings$200k
Secondary 1 x bdrm, 1 x office dwg
- Farm buildings$180k
New dbl gge outbuildings (carport, gge, swimming pool, greenhouse)
- Farm buildings$50k
Swimming pool outbuildings (carport, gge, swimming pool, greenhouse)
- Farm buildings$40k
Erect steel framed portal shed outbuildings (carport, gge, swimming pool, greenhouse)
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Napier
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
- Taradale1 / 28
- Pakowhai1 / 14
- Maraenui1 / 4
- Bay View0 / 22
- Greenmeadows0 / 18
- Puketapu0 / 14
- Poraiti0 / 13
- Fernhill0 / 11
- Waiohiki0 / 10
- Pirimai0 / 9
- Jervoistown0 / 8
- Napier South0 / 8
- Eskdale0 / 8
- Bluff Hill0 / 7
- Rissington0 / 7
- Onekawa0 / 7
- Marewa0 / 5
- Hospital Hill0 / 5
- Te Awa0 / 4
- Meeanee0 / 4
- Te Pōhue0 / 4
- Tamatea0 / 4
- Tangoio0 / 4
- Awatoto0 / 3
- Pātoka0 / 2
- Dartmoor0 / 2
- Glengarry0 / 1
- Tūtira0 / 1
- Westshore0 / 1
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Napier?
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.