Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fitzherbert
417 new homes were consented in the Palmerston North City council area in the year to September 2026, up 4% on the year before. They also consented $188m of non-residential building work, up 8% on the year before. In Fitzherbert itself, 15 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 236 consents we hold in Fitzherbert, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Palmerston North City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Fitzherbert’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Palmerston North 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 557 in 2021.
New homes in Fitzherbert
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Poutoa, Fitzherbert. In the year to September 2026: 15 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 — Palmerston North 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$64.2m
5 buildings · 7,143 m² new floor area · $7,505/m² new · +1060% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$52.7m
11 buildings · 22,704 m² new floor area · $1,847/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Offices$22.5m
5 buildings · 3,808 m² new floor area · $5,329/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.9m
8 buildings · 3,701 m² new floor area · $3,791/m² new · +275% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$15.1m
3 buildings · 612 m² new floor area · $9,150/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Education$5.2m
3 buildings · 784 m² new floor area · $4,809/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5.2m
3 buildings · 1,312 m² new floor area · $2,607/m² new · +255% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3m
2 buildings · −80% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.6m
11 buildings · 5,139 m² new floor area · $500/m² new · +27% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$85k
+42% on the year before
Consents on record in Fitzherbert
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 236 from 1 Aug 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.
- New homes58
15 in the last 12 months · typically $755k
- Alterations and additions22
4 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Fires and heating17
4 in the last 12 months · typically $8,100
- Garages, sheds and carports9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Pools and spas7
typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $19k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $646k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $75k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $100k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $850k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3mRbw - proposed 6x2 storey standalone dwgs. Each with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc & internal access dbl gge. Includes new retaining walls, private drainage & detention tanks. 4 Fernwood Place
- $2.6mConstruction of a two-storey res dwg 27 Edenmore Terrace
- $1.2m4 bdrm timber framed dwg with attached gge
- $1.2m4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- $1.1mNew 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge. 23 Tuscany Way
236 consents
- Alterations and additions$80k
Bdrm & ensuite extension to the existing dwg
- New homes$1.2m
4 bdrm timber framed dwg with attached gge
- New homes$825k
Construction of a new 223.43sqm detached dwg
- New homes$847k
Single storey, 4-bdrm, separate living, 2 1/2 bathrm dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$145k
Construction of a 4-bay timber pole storage shed with cold formed steel roof frame
- New homes$2.6m
Construction of a two-storey res dwg
- Alterations and additions$120k
Bathrm update, kitchen relocation, add of ensuite all within existing building envelope
- New homes$507k
Construct a new 3-bdrm dwg with attached gge. Jmw26002
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install new metro smart insert woodfire with zero clearance box & standard triple flue kit
- New homes$1.2m
4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$340k
New dwg & separate gge with onsite services.
- New homes$850k
Construct 3 bdrm dwg with 2 living areas & dbl garages
- Garages, sheds and carports$77k
Construction of a 7.8 x 6m versatile gge.
- New homes$765k
4 bdrm single level dwg with internal access dbl gge
- Fires and heating$10k
Install a woodsman serene freestanding wood fire into lounge.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal renovation. Convert existing laundry to ensuite, relocate laundry to gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a metro wee rad leg clean air free standing wood fire with eco flue kit
- New homes$710k
4 bdrm single level dwg with internal access dbl gge
- New homes$760k
4 bdrm single level dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$710k
4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$3m
Rbw - proposed 6x2 storey standalone dwgs. Each with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc & internal access dbl gge. Includes new retaining walls, private drainage & detention tanks.
- Alterations and additions$32k
Construction of an engineered stratco patio roof system over an existing concrete pad
- New homes$1.1m
New 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge.
- Fires and heating$12k
Install a firenzo contessa freestanding wood fire into lounge.
- New homes$250k
Single level dwg with sfh
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fitzherbert?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 417 new homes consented in the Palmerston North City council area, with $215m of residential and $188m 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.