Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōtāne
36 new homes were consented in the Central Hawke's Bay District council area in the year to September 2026, down 22% on the year before. They also consented $9m of non-residential building work, down 4% on the year before. Below: 143 consents we hold in Ōtāne, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Central Hawke's Bay District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Central Hawke's Bay 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 112 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 — Central Hawke's Bay 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.
- Farm buildings$3.8m
21 buildings · 4,963 m² new floor area · $765/m² new · +125% on the year before
- Education$1.9m
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $4,365/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.6m
3 buildings · 758 m² new floor area · $1,686/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$665k
+56% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$645k
1 building · 79 m² new floor area · $2,532/m² new · −76% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$150k
- Warehouses and storage$135k
1 building · 50 m² new floor area · $1,900/m² new · +1700% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$80k
1 building · 90 m² new floor area · $889/m² new · −96% on the year before
Consents on record in Ōtāne
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 143 from 1 Aug 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 heating37
6 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions25
3 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New homes14
3 in the last 12 months · typically $515k
- Relocated buildings11
typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $69k
- Multiple homes3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $1.6m
- Pools and spas3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $150k
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.6mRbw - two new two storey dwgs each with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, & attached dbl gge. New detention tanks. 16 Miller Street, Ōtāne
- $904kRbw - 2 x two-storey standalone dwgs. Each with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, & single gge with internal access. Includes detention tanks. Existing house eave trimming. 4 White Road, Ōtāne
- $610kNew dwg housing - detached 15A Ross Street, Ōtāne
- $510k4 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 27 Bell Street, Ōtāne
- $350kNew gge & retaining wall outbuildings 5 Braehead Road, Ōtāne
143 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Construction of new gge.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Install toilet in bathrm of dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$98k
New totalspan shed
- Fires and heating$5,300
Install a new kent freestanding Ruapehu woodfire with new
- Multiple homes$1.6m
Rbw - two new two storey dwgs each with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, & attached dbl gge. New detention tanks.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install a metro mega rad ca
- Fires and heating$8,500
New installation of a pyro classic freestanding solid fuel
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Alt to 2-storey dwg: replacement with new metrofires xtreme rad base. Metrofires standard flue system, new pan flashing with dektite #7
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - alterations to an existing bathrm within a dwg.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install & replace freestanding fireplace
- Fires and heating$7,625
Installation of a new 'metro xtreme rad' freestanding wood
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install freestanding kent Oxford logfire
- Retaining walls$50k
Partial replacement of existing unconsented retaining walls with engineered block & timber retaining walls.
- Garages, sheds and carports$350k
New gge & retaining wall outbuildings
- New homes$340k
Dwg with attached gge 10 william bell St Rangiora lot 276 dp 623026
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Installation of new waste water system - integra s20 ancillary
- New homes$510k
4 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Pools and spas$15k
Installation of swimming pool fencing.
- New homes$610k
New dwg housing - detached
- Multiple homes$904k
Rbw - 2 x two-storey standalone dwgs. Each with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, & single gge with internal access. Includes detention tanks. Existing house eave trimming.
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2025-390 - revise siting & lower finished floor level of gge
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alterations & additions to dwg housing - detached
- Commercial alterations$50k
Add of office & workshop to dwg housing - detached
- New homes$150k
Transportable dwg & new gge housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Bathrm, gge floor, windows / doors, carpark layout
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Suburbs in Ōtāne
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōtāne?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 36 new homes consented in the Central Hawke's Bay District council area, with $27.3m of residential and $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.