Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Wakapuaka
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 statistical area around Wakapuaka, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 7 consents we hold in Wakapuaka, 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 Wakapuaka’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 Wakapuaka
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Wakapuaka sits in (Nelson Rural) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Wakapuaka
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 7 from 1 Feb 2021 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.
- Alterations and additions2
typically $8,500
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Fires and heating1
typically $12k
- Solar panels1
typically $14k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $20kInstall pool barrier 3 Hillwood Drive
7 consents
- Pools and spas$20k
Install pool barrier
- Fires and heating$12k
Install woodsman Tarras mk iii
- Solar panels$14k
Solar cylindar
- Alterations and additions$10k
Install firenzo topaz inbuilt
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Install nectre big bakers oven
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install milan harmony insert fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport r5000 ped rural
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Near Wakapuaka
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Wakapuaka?
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.