Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pouto
124 new homes were consented in the Kaipara District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $40.8m of non-residential building work, up 45% on the year before. Below: 5 consents we hold in Pouto, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kaipara District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kaipara 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 267 in 2016.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Kaipara 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.
- Hospitals and health$11.9m
2 buildings · 1,200 m² new floor area · $9,583/m² new
- Education$10.9m
6 buildings · 1,315 m² new floor area · $5,798/m² new · +514% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$7m
1 building · 172 m² new floor area · $3,285/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.8m
29 buildings · 18,488 m² new floor area · $312/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
+26% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
1 building · 94 m² new floor area · $15,957/m² new · −81% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$746k
−74% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$350k
2 buildings · 155 m² new floor area · $1,935/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Offices$130k
−95% on the year before
Consents on record in Pouto
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 5 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Apr 2025. 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.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $263k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $43k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
5 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Connect to council sewer
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$500k
Add/alt to existing house. Existing onsite ww extend kitchen 9m2, reconfigure layout, convert gge to 2 bedrooms, relocate bathrooms.
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Amendment 1 - louvre roof has been installed on the inside of the gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
7.0m long x 8.0m wide pole shed. Outbuildings
- Alterations and additions$1
New dwg amendment 1: change dbl glazing to single glazing.
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Pouto
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pouto?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 124 new homes consented in the Kaipara District council area, with $95.9m of residential and $40.8m 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.