Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Porirua
331 new homes were consented in the Porirua City council area in the year to September 2026, up 30% on the year before. They also consented $80.1m of non-residential building work, down 8% on the year before. Below: 3,413 consents we hold in Porirua, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Porirua City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Porirua 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 415 in 2019.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Porirua 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$55.3m
5 buildings · 3,701 m² new floor area · $13,899/m² new · +24% on the year before
- Offices$7.5m
1 building · −30% on the year before
- Education$5.5m
−21% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$4.2m
+318% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$3.9m
3 buildings · 1,078 m² new floor area · $2,158/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.2m
+26% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$1.2m
−60% on the year before
- Farm buildings$246k
2 buildings · 288 m² new floor area · $793/m² new · −59% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−96% on the year before
Consents on record in Porirua
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 3,413 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 homes1,165
322 in the last 12 months · typically $142k
- Alterations and additions548
114 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Fires and heating184
39 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs116
18 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports102
11 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater68
12 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts59
14 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Retaining walls58
13 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening57
6 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Multiple homes32
4 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $15.1mMulti-unit dwg - new multi unit retirement villas - 40 blocks of 2-3 bdrm, 2 bathrm units & attached gge 72 Exploration Way, Whitby
- $3.2mNew multi-unit dwgs - block 1 - 5x 2 storey, 2 bdrm units, block 2 - 2 x 2 bdrm units 27-29 Mana Avenue, Tītahi Bay
- $3.2m4x 2 storey multi-unit dwgs: - block a 3 x2 bdrm domestic dwgs - block b 4 x2 bdrm domestic dwgs - block c 3 x2 bdrm domestic dwgs - block d 3 x2 bdrm domestic dwgs 30 Whanga Crescent, Tītahi Bay
- $2.3m3-bdrm dwg with 2 garages at ground floor level. Detached dwgs 89 Seaview Road, Paremata
- $1.4mConstruction of 4 attached dwgs with attached garages - subject to section 77 certificate 8 Tīeke Lane, Kenepuru
3,413 consents
- New homes$380k
Foundations & services to allow for modular built construction of a three-level dwg
- New homes$395k
Construction of dwg with attached gge - lot 18
- New homes$158k
Rbw - mou000019-rbw-f381, 12.5x4.2m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of two bedrooms, one bathrm with laundry, an open plan lounge with kitchen-dining area.
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations to dwg. Remove two windows in existing bdrm & water closet & replace with one large. Extend slab entry approx. 2m2 within existing roofline. Add 2 new doors into proposed laun
- New homes$350k
2 unit dwg (2 bdrm & a 1 bdrm dwg) log fire to the 2 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 1 - changes to the first-floor plans: replace the sprung timber floor with a concrete slab, as per the engineer's drawings.
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 1 - change bracing line m to ep1 (from bl1)
- Retaining walls$16k
Retaining wall - construction of a retaining wall
- New homes$826k
New two storey dwg, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & attached gge
- Fires and heating$185k
New kitchen, new freestanding fire, two bedrooms, & renovation to existing bathrm with add of laundry
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Existing bath to be replaced with walk in tiled shower
- Alterations and additions$285k
Rbw: construction of new block flood walls & nib extensions along with new private cesspits & new balustrade to block walls.
- New homes$131k
Mou000019-rbw- f332, 12.5x3.4m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 2 bedrooms, a bathrm, open plan lounge & kitchen -dining area.
- New homes$171k
Rbw - mou000019-rbw-f304, 12.5x4.2m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathrm with laundry, an open plan lounge with kitchen-dining area.
- New homes$115k
Rbw - mou000019-rbw-f320, 12.5x2.8m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathrm & an open plan lounge with kitchen-dining area.
- New homes$138k
Rbw - mou000019-rbw- f342, 12.5x3.4m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 2 bedrooms, a bathrm with laundry, open plan lounge & kitchen-dining area.
- New homes$123k
Rbw - mou000019-rbw-f314, 9.4x4.2m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 1 bdrm, 1 bathrm with laundry, open plan lounge with kitchen-dining area.
- New commercial buildings$139k
Rbw - mou000019 - f335, 12.5x3.4m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 1 bdrm, an office, a bathrm with laundry, open plan lounge & kitchen-dining area.
- Commercial alterations$128k
Rbw - mou000019 - f327, 12.5x3.4m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of one bdrm plus storage room & an office, a bathrm with laundry, open plan lounge & kitchen-dining area.
- Alterations and additions$126k
Rbw - mou000019 - f344, 12.5x3.4m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 1 bdrm, 1 bathrm & open plan lounge with a kitchen-dining area.
- New homes$83k
Rbw - mou000019 - f099, 9.4x2.8m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 1 bdrm, 1 bathrm & open plan lounge with a kitchen-dining area.
- New homes$97k
Rbw - mou000019-rbw- f353, 10.4x2.8m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 1 bdrm, a bathrm with laundry, an open plan lounge & kitchen-dining area.
- New homes$104k
Rbw - mou000019 - f340, 12.5x2.8m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathrm, an open plan lounge & k itchen-dining area.
- New homes$93k
Rbw - mou000019-rbw- f293, 10.4x2.8m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of 1 bdrm, a bathrm with laundry, an open plan lounge & kitchen-dining area.
- New homes$155k
Mou000019-rbw- f346, 12.5x4.2m, prefabricated transportable unit, comprising of two bedrooms, a bathrm with laundry, an open plan lounge & kitchen-dining area.
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Suburbs in Porirua
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Porirua?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 331 new homes consented in the Porirua City council area, with $173m of residential and $80.1m 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.