Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in The Brook
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 The Brook itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 50 consents we hold in The Brook, 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 The Brook’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 The Brook
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: The Brook. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 0 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 The Brook
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 50 from 1 Jul 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 heating14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,750
- Alterations and additions12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $53k
- New homes2
typically $315k
- Multiple homes1
typically $680k
- Pools and spas1
typically $15k
- Retaining walls1
typically $30k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $180kOutbuilding 40 Westbrook Terrace
- $6,000Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - remove & reinstate the existing smart meter board, install the missing noiseline gib lining, fire-stop all penetrations, & make good the affected wall lining 17 Brook Street
- $5,000Installation of solid fuel heater - woodsman coleridge 16 Brook Street
- $5,000New freestanding metro wee rad 1 Brook Terrace
50 consents
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - remove & reinstate the existing smart meter board, install the missing noiseline gib lining, fire-stop all penetrations, & make good the affected wall lining
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding metro wee rad
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - woodsman coleridge
- Alterations and additions$180k
Outbuilding
- Fires and heating$8,000
Woodsman serene fire
- Alterations and additions$120k
Rbw - alt of a single two-storey detached building. The work includes replacing existing upper floor wall cladding, roof cladding, joinery & ground floor wood burner. Change membrane decks to
- Fires and heating$7,000
Masport Rangitata insert fire
- Alterations and additions$110k
R1 - alt to existing single-storey detached dwg involving new exterior cladding to north face where brick veneer is removed. New aluminium joinery units & alt to kitchen bathrm & laundry.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a woodsman coleridge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport Kaituna ped ul
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Install milan harmony insert
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install metro eco wee ped fire
- Alterations and additions$65k
Dwg additions & or alterations
- Pools and spas$15k
Swimming pool fencing
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free standing Masport R3000 solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$10k
Install firenzo lady kitchener
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro eco tiny ped wet
- Retaining walls$30k
Retaining wall & soak pit
- Multiple homes$680k
Rbw - multi-unit housing - new two storey block of 3 joined townhouses, consisting of 2 & 3 bedrooms with multiple cladding types (block g - lots 18-20)
- New homes$376k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$100k
Retrofit of existing dwg to improve thermal performance & modernise layout
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install woodsman kanuku uleb f
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Install nectre n65 fire
- Alterations and additions$90k
Internal alterations
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro wee ped fire
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Near The Brook
Questions
How many building consents were issued in The Brook?
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.