Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fernhill
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 Fernhill, 9 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 111 consents we hold in Fernhill, 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 Fernhill’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 Fernhill
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Fernhill sits in (Puketapu-Eskdale) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 8 houses, 1 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 Fernhill
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 111 from 1 Feb 2021 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 heating6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes2
typically $600k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $200kRemove internal walls (load bearing & non load bearing), 1777 Korokipo Road
- $51k6 x 9 mono pitch garage 1963 State Highway 50
- $25kReplace wastewater system. 2072 State Highway 50
- $5,700To install a masport rangitata insert fire in lounge 1839 Korokipo Road
- $5,000Replace existing dripline ww disposal with soakage bed 1963 State Highway 50
111 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$51k
6 x 9 mono pitch garage
- Fires and heating$5,700
To install a masport rangitata insert fire in lounge
- Alterations and additions$200k
Remove internal walls (load bearing & non load bearing),
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Replace existing dripline ww disposal with soakage bed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Replace wastewater system.
- Alterations and additions$200k
Add & alt
- New homes$700k
New 3 bedroom dwelling.
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construction of outbuilding - 2 bay pole shed
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace solid fuel heater - masport akaroa.
- New homes$500k
New 3 bedroom dwelling.
- Fires and heating$6,200
Install kent Oxford free standing wood fire
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to dwelling.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro wee rad woody wood fire in cyclone gabrielle damaged house
- Fires and heating$8,000
Replacing the freestanding solid fuel heater in the lounge due to flood damage
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install metro eco wee curve on ash corner floor protector 1035mm wide x 1215mm diagonal
- Fires and heating$4,500
Replacement of existing insert sfh - masport Bannockburn 1200
- Alterations and additions$40k
CCC refused 01/04/2025 - additions to building
- Pools and spas$50k
Swimming pool
- Alterations and additions$150k
Additions and alterations to building
- Garages, sheds and carports$4,500
Erect farm shed.
- Relocated buildings$50k
Relocate dwelling & garage.
- Garages, sheds and carports$11k
Erect new garage.
- Fires and heating$1,500
Install heater with wet back.
- Alterations and additions$180k
Erect dwelling.
- Fires and heating$1,500
Install heater without wet back.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fernhill?
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.