Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōkato
325 new homes were consented in the New Plymouth District council area in the year to September 2026, down 5% on the year before. They also consented $87.3m of non-residential building work, up 72% on the year before. Below: 84 consents we hold in Ōkato, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the New Plymouth District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, New Plymouth District, 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 708 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — New Plymouth District, 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$29.1m
3 buildings · 9,368 m² new floor area · $2,829/m² new · +112% on the year before
- Education$12.3m
1 building · 1,337 m² new floor area · $3,740/m² new · +152% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$12.2m
6 buildings · 12,575 m² new floor area · $974/m² new · +880% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$8.5m
1 building · +34471% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$8.3m
7 buildings · 5,131 m² new floor area · $1,473/m² new · +84% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$6.5m
2 buildings · 294 m² new floor area · $4,932/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Offices$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,833 m² new floor area · $2,428/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.9m
29 buildings · 14,657 m² new floor area · $253/m² new · −22% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$31k
−89% on the year before
Consents on record in Ōkato
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 84 from 1 May 2005 to 1 Jun 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 heating16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,300
- Alterations and additions11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
typically $64k
- New homes5
typically $419k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $51k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $98k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $13k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $325k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $48k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $12k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kNew bathrm, renovation of existing bathrm & kitchen, replacement of existing fireplace, replacement of joinery, partial replacement of cladding 95 Oxford Road, Ōkato
- $60kExtension to existing bdrm to incorporate larger bdrm & walk in wardrobe. 189 Oxford Road, Ōkato
- $50kRemodel basement bathrm. Remodel upper bathrm creating space for wir, removing 2 existing windows & replacing with 1 larger unit with remedial work to brick cladding. 10B Hickford Place, Ōkato
- $6,800Install metro eco xtreme rad legs freestanding wood fire. 243 Hampton Road, Ōkato
- $6,500Installation of metro eco wee rad woodfire with standard 4.0 m freestanding fluekit with side wetback reusing existing pipework 2287 South Road, Ōkato
84 consents
- Alterations and additions$60k
Extension to existing bdrm to incorporate larger bdrm & walk in wardrobe.
- Fires and heating$6,800
Install metro eco xtreme rad legs freestanding wood fire.
- Alterations and additions$150k
New bathrm, renovation of existing bathrm & kitchen, replacement of existing fireplace, replacement of joinery, partial replacement of cladding
- Alterations and additions$50k
Remodel basement bathrm. Remodel upper bathrm creating space for wir, removing 2 existing windows & replacing with 1 larger unit with remedial work to brick cladding.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Installation of metro eco wee rad woodfire with standard 4.0 m freestanding fluekit with side wetback reusing existing pipework
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of metro wee rad woodfire
- Relocated buildings$51k
Relocate new yard-built dwg (at 256)
- Relocated buildings$51k
Res/farm - relocate dwg, foundations, services & fireplace
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Res/farm - new ensuite bathrm & conversion of gge into two bedrooms & rumpus. New windows & axon cladding where needed.
- Alterations and additions$250k
Internal dwg alterations - internal dwg three bdrm fitout.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$77k
Res/farm - add to kitchen & veranda.
- Fires and heating$3,000
Freestanding - install metro Ltd xtreme rad base freestanding wood burner.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Brunner dry mkii freestanding woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Res/farm - gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$100k
Res/farm - extension to the house, reclad relevant sections to the house
- New homes$1m
Res/farm - three bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$150k
Res/farm - site/relocate a prefabricated granny flat/tiny house onto screw piles & connect it to existing water tanks & septic system.
- Relocated buildings$45k
Res/farm - relocate an existing house to site as per site plan - foundations & services only
- Alterations and additions$80k
Res/farm - construct totalspan steel shell building
- New homes$533k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$50k
Bathrm alt
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Re/farm - install septic tank & evaporation bed
- Fires and heating$5,700
Freestanding - metro xtreme rad woodfire
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$95k
Alterations to existing outbuilding. Reclad & housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,500
Freestanding - metro r1 freestanding wood burner
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Ōkato
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōkato?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 325 new homes consented in the New Plymouth District council area, with $194m of residential and $87.3m 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.