Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fairy Spring
457 new homes were consented in the Rotorua District council area in the year to September 2026, up 1% on the year before. They also consented $66.9m of non-residential building work, up 43% on the year before. In Fairy Spring itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 92 consents we hold in Fairy Spring, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Rotorua District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Fairy Spring’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Rotorua 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 678 in 2024.
New homes in Fairy Spring
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Fairy Springs. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — Rotorua 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.
- Hotels and motels$27.7m
1 building · 253 m² new floor area · $2,372/m² new · +278% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$10.1m
4 buildings · 3,656 m² new floor area · $1,550/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Education$7.2m
5 buildings · 951 m² new floor area · $4,601/m² new · −30% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$6.5m
1 building · 51 m² new floor area · $3,412/m² new · +1323% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.2m
5 buildings · 232 m² new floor area · $4,483/m² new · +181% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.9m
23 buildings · 7,548 m² new floor area · $477/m² new · +11% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.5m
−40% on the year before
- Offices$1.8m
1 building · 143 m² new floor area · $5,245/m² new · +34% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$93k
1 building · 30 m² new floor area · $1,567/m² new · −99% on the year before
Consents on record in Fairy Spring
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 92 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jun 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 heating12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $32k
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $45k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $23k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $120k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kNew gge & office 506 Ngongotaha Road
- $120kTwo new dwgs 22 Fenruss Street
- $70kNew transportable dwg 16 Isobel Street
- $8,500Install masport Akaroa ii freestanding fire 20 Mahanga Road
- $7,000Metro wee rad base freestanding fire on existing wetback pipes 31 Bidois Road
92 consents
- New homes$70k
New transportable dwg
- Multiple homes$120k
Two new dwgs
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment to increase entry on ground floor to add a
- Fires and heating$7,000
Metro wee rad base freestanding fire on existing wetback pipes
- Commercial alterations$150k
New gge & office
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install masport Akaroa ii freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$150k
New entry with stairs & lift, concrete floor, timber
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$26k
Add conservatory to deck
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport Hurunui freestanding fire
- New homes$125k
New dwg - unit c
- Alterations and additions$50k
Demolition of existing bathrm, construction of wet area shower & new bathrm
- Alterations and additions$100k
Extension & alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
masport r3000 freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$25k
Install wet area shower, remove wall, widen door
- Fires and heating$5,500
masport Hurunui freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$5,500
masport Hurunui freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install masport r3000 freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$4,500
Replace sfh with metro ambie plus sfh
- Relocated buildings$100k
New relocated dwg
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install masport r3000 ped freestanding fire using existing styleline backtray flashing
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Convert gge to subsidiary dwg
- Fires and heating$4,500
Masport r3000 f/s woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
New gge
- Relocated buildings$45k
New relocated dwg
- New homes$90k
New dwg
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Near Fairy Spring
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fairy Spring?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 457 new homes consented in the Rotorua District council area, with $193m of residential and $66.9m 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.