Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Stoke
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 Stoke itself, 114 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 296 consents we hold in Stoke, 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 Stoke’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 Stoke
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 7 statistical areas that make up most of it: Suffolk, Aldinga, Omaio, Maitlands, Saxton, Nayland, Broadgreen-Monaco. In the year to September 2026: 28 houses, 62 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 24 retirement village units.
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 Stoke
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 296 from 1 Jul 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.
- New homes72
11 in the last 12 months · typically $461k
- Alterations and additions56
11 in the last 12 months · typically $27k
- Fires and heating51
7 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $61k
- Multiple homes7
5 in the last 12 months · typically $493k
- Pools and spas6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $15k
- Commercial alterations3
typically $118k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $52k
- New commercial buildings2
typically $786k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.6mConstruct a 70m2 timber framed detached res housing 1 View Mount
- $877k4-bdrm dwg & retaining 11 Wansford Place
- $823k3 bdrm dwg with attached gge 63B Coster Street
- $710k2x duplex units - 2x 2-bdrm 13 Neale Avenue
- $524k3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 25 Homestead Avenue
296 consents
- Alterations and additions$81k
Alterations to dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Firenzo lady kitchener platfor
- Alterations and additions$10k
Firenzo contessa leg uleb fire
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Firenzo viking ag wetback fire
- Alterations and additions$260k
R2 - add & alt to two-storey detached dwg. Rear add for scullery, wc, bathrm, laundry, officer, & shed. New roofing to existing dwg.
- New homes$398k
Dwg with attached gge
- Other new buildings$1.6m
Construct a 70m2 timber framed detached res housing
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Replace floor & wall tiles
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2025-1016 - revise part roof cladding
- Garages, sheds and carports$200k
Gge 7 wilson drive Ohoka lot 6 dp 60989
- New homes$406k
2-bdrm dwg
- New homes$110k
Build a transportable self-contained 6.0m x 3.0m & 9.0 x 4.0 whare
- New homes$877k
4-bdrm dwg & retaining
- Fires and heating$3,000
F/s scandia summit uleb sfh
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Construct a 10m x 6m x 3.1m totalspan gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Tropicair uleb freestanding log burner 4 baxter place Oxford lot 14 dp 480411
- New homes$427k
New dwg & install stormwater detention tank (proposed lot 6)
- New homes$375k
New dwg & install water tank (proposed lot 3)
- Fires and heating$6,500
Woodsman kanaku pedestal fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Woodburner - freestanding fire yunca ruby
- Multiple homes$493k
Erect two attached dwgs (proposed lot 12)
- New homes$427k
New dwg & install stormwater detention tank (proposed lot 5)
- Multiple homes$710k
2x duplex units - 2x 2-bdrm
- Fires and heating$7,000
Metro xtreme rad base fire
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2025-1016 - alt exterior cladding & remove window
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Stoke?
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.