Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Maitai
279 new homes were consented in the Nelson City council area in the year to September 2026, up 13% on the year before. They also consented $52.9m of non-residential building work, down 42% on the year before. In Maitai itself, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 25 consents we hold in Maitai, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Nelson City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Maitai’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Nelson 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 458 in 1993.
New homes in Maitai
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Maitai. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 3 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 — Nelson 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.
- Hospitals and health$18.7m
3 buildings · 1,015 m² new floor area · $14,039/m² new · +561% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$9.7m
4 buildings · 3,580 m² new floor area · $2,106/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Education$6.8m
2 buildings · 1,711 m² new floor area · $2,747/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$4.9m
−87% on the year before
- Offices$4.9m
−40% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$4m
2 buildings · 65 m² new floor area · $49,385/m² new · +119% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 227 m² new floor area · $6,608/m² new · −89% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1.4m
−11% on the year before
- Farm buildings$44k
1 building · 360 m² new floor area · $122/m² new · −85% on the year before
Consents on record in Maitai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 25 from 1 Nov 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.
- Alterations and additions7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Fires and heating6
typically $6,500
- Pools and spas1
typically $200k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $8,000Alterations to kitchen & lounge 243 Nile Street East
25 consents
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Alterations to kitchen & lounge
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Woodsman kanaku pedestal fire
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Firenzo stella fire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a metro Ltd wee rad base freestanding woodfire in the family r
- Fires and heating$5,687
Heater
- Alterations and additions$45k
Rbw separation from bco10352459. Conversion of existing dwg into two single storey dwgs lot 2 & lot 3.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman Totara inbuil
- Alterations and additions$85k
Alt dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport r3000 pedestal
- Pools and spas$200k
Swimming pool & retaining wall
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install metro extreme rad leg
- Alterations and additions$15k
Install heating system
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Install firenzo athena bay ag
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport serene fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Flat 4 install woodsman serene
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro eco tiny rad fir
- Fires and heating$5,000
Unit 14 - install woodsman ser
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman serene fire
- Alterations and additions$28k
Alt dwg
- Alterations and additions$7,200
Install blaze king sirocco 20
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Install jayline fr300 fire
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Install jayline fr400 fire
- Alterations and additions$6,400
Install jayline ul200 fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman serene fire
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Near Maitai
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Maitai?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 279 new homes consented in the Nelson City council area, with $139m of residential and $52.9m 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.