Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Wakatu
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 Wakatu, 12 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 21 consents we hold in Wakatu, 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 Wakatu’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 Wakatu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Wakatu sits in (Tahuna Hills) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 8 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 Wakatu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 21 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.
- Fires and heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $94k
- Alterations and additions2
typically $152k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1,500
- Commercial alterations1
typically $34k
- New homes1
typically $820k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kAmendment to bco10376100 - enlarging back extension with new rear deck 18 Douglas Road
- $15kCoa - infilled carport on sleepout & kitchenette 18 Douglas Road
- $8,000Install solid fuel burner in dwg 14 Scotia Street
- $1,500Add of new toilet 15 Douglas Road
21 consents
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$150k
Amendment to bco10376100 - enlarging back extension with new rear deck
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1,500
Add of new toilet
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$15k
Coa - infilled carport on sleepout & kitchenette
- Fires and heating$6,400
Wood burner - masport Hurunui
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install firenzo inbuilt fireplace
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman Totara in-built
- New homes$820k
New dwg with attached gge & retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Install milan harmony ca inbuilt
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman serene petite
- Alterations and additions$300k
Amendment: the construction of a three storey detached dwg with an integrated gge. The two self-contained spaces within the dwg will only be used by occupants of the one household - 6 pinnacle place, Queenstown
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$38k
Alt to dwg - new glazed aluminium conservatory added to exterior of existing living space. 8a jenkins place, Arrowtown
- Commercial alterations$34k
Workshop/shed
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$45k
Sleepout add
- Fires and heating$5,100
Install pioneer metro ultra ti
- Garages, sheds and carports$98k
Gge
- New homes$4.8m
Construction of three storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- Pools and spas$45k
Swimming pool
- Garages, sheds and carports$23k
Gge
- Alterations and additions$7,100
Install tropicair duo fire
- Fires and heating$5,590
Install woodsman serene fire
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Near Wakatu
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Wakatu?
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.