Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Paraparaumu
276 new homes were consented in the Kapiti Coast District council area in the year to September 2026, down 11% on the year before. They also consented $32.2m of non-residential building work, down 14% on the year before. Below: 1 consents we hold in Paraparaumu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kapiti Coast District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kapiti Coast 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 578 in 1999.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Kapiti Coast 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$13.5m
1 building · 37 m² new floor area · $10,811/m² new · +238% on the year before
- Education$8.5m
1 building · 546 m² new floor area · $10,348/m² new · +207% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.6m
3 buildings · 196 m² new floor area · $11,888/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Offices$2.6m
−3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.1m
7 buildings · 1,015 m² new floor area · $1,066/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1m
4 buildings · 218 m² new floor area · $3,968/m² new · +391% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$895k
−88% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$710k
−64% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$309k
1 building · 360 m² new floor area · $833/m² new · −41% on the year before
Consents on record in Paraparaumu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1 from 1 Jun 2022 to 1 Jun 2022. 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $190k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
1 consent
- Garages, sheds and carports$190k
To construct a new dbl gge with rumpus room & outbuilding
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Paraparaumu
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Paraparaumu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 276 new homes consented in the Kapiti Coast District council area, with $188m of residential and $32.2m 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.