Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Puketapu
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 Puketapu itself, 9 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 294 consents we hold in Puketapu, 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 Puketapu’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 Puketapu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Puketapu-Eskdale. 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 Puketapu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 294 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.
- Fires and heating19
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Alterations and additions14
typically $55k
- New homes10
typically $376k
- Pools and spas6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
typically $28k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $108k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $100k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $16k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $100k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $27k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $210kExtension of garage and construction of a covered terrace. 208 Breckenridge Road
- $65kNew garage. 208 Breckenridge Road
- $40kInstall swimming pool barrier. 678 Swamp Road
- $14kNew solid fuel heater - warmington cardrona cooker. 507 Apley Road
- $7,500Install a firenzo stella (uleb) freestanding woodburner 43 Dartmoor Road
294 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$210k
Extension of garage and construction of a covered terrace.
- Fires and heating$6,750
A yunca Hobson freestanding wood burner to be installed. A
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
New garage.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installing a solid fuel heater into the lounge
- Fires and heating$14k
New solid fuel heater - warmington cardrona cooker.
- Pools and spas$40k
Install swimming pool barrier.
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install a firenzo stella (uleb) freestanding woodburner
- Pools and spas$80k
New pool
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$100k
Home relocation with basement & drainage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$28k
Replacement wastewater system
- New homes$190k
New 1 bedroom supplementary dwelling.
- New homes$450k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Add to an existing dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
New solid fuel heater - firenzo stella uleb.
- New homes$75k
New minor dwg.
- Fires and heating$3,500
Installing a solid fuel burner
- Pools and spas$11k
New swimming pool fence only.
- Commercial alterations$100k
Extend living room & office, add wood fire.
- Relocated buildings$100k
Relocating a 4-bdrm dwg.
- Fires and heating$7,500
Replace existing freestanding solid fuel heater with a pyro classic
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$31k
Replace wastewater treatment system.
- Pools and spas$140k
New swimming pool, pump shed & fence
- New homes$180k
New second dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Replace septic tank damaged during cyclone gabrielle
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Replace existing septic tank damaged during cyclone gabrielle
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Puketapu?
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.