Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pirimai
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 Pirimai itself, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 146 consents we hold in Pirimai, 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 Pirimai’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 Pirimai
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Pirimai West, Pirimai East. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 2 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 Pirimai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 146 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating36
11 in the last 12 months · typically $5,134
- Alterations and additions21
2 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $21k
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
typically $60k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $105k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Pools and spas2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $1,510
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900kTwo 3 x bdrm dwgs - lot 2 & lot 3 253 Taradale Road
- $100kNew 1 x bdrm supplementary dwg 34 Balliol Avenue
- $100kPool fence only 20 Henley Crescent
- $70kNew dbl gge 7 Clarence Cox Crescent
- $30kNew 1 x bdrm cabin 2/5 Bill Hercock Street
146 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
New dbl gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$30k
New 1 x bdrm cabin
- Pools and spas$100k
Pool fence only
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Remove wall, new beam
- Alterations and additions$15k
Close in back door & add new door in different location
- Fires and heating$5,550
Replace existing with masport Kaituna pedestal freestanding woodburner in lounge
- Relocated buildings$25k
Re-site existing dwg within property
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install metro ultra wee rad leg freestanding woodburner on pioneer floor protector
- Fires and heating$4,000
F/s woodsman Brunner mark two sfh
- Fires and heating$5,200
Replace existing with masport Kaituna pedestal freestanding woodburner in lounge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace existing with firenzo kompact forte insert woodburner
- New homes$100k
New 1 x bdrm supplementary dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Replace existing with masport Kaituna uleb freestanding woodburner in lounge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace existing with metro trend insert woodburner in lounge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace existing with firenzo kompact deco ag 1000 insert woodburner in lounge
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install yunca xander insert into existing masonry heating
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace existing with metro smart insert woodburner with wetback
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace existing with firenzo kompact deco ag insert woodburner
- Multiple homes$900k
Two 3 x bdrm dwgs - lot 2 & lot 3
- Garages, sheds and carports$21k
Construction of a 9 x 6m versatile gge.
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Remove wall, new beam
- Alterations and additions$45k
Internal alterations including new washroom fixtures, new wet floor tiled shower & new first floor wall insulation
- Fires and heating$5,306
Replace existing with metro smart insert woodburner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Piles down, drainage & associated site works for 1 x bdrm dwg
- Multiple homes$1.1m
A total of 3x new single storey & dbl storey res units (2 bed standalone & 3 bed duplex)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pirimai?
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.