Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Koutu
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 Koutu itself, 31 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 80 consents we hold in Koutu, 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 Koutu’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 Koutu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Koutu. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 24 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 Koutu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 80 from 1 Jul 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.
- Fires and heating12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions9
typically $30k
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $457k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $1,200
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
typically $20k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $58k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $27k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $700kNew dwg 30A Koutu Road
- $90kNew relocatable dwg 54 Koutu Road
- $6,000Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire 28 Taharangi Street
- $5,500Install masport r3000 freestanding fire 4 Hamuera Street
80 consents
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install masport r3000 freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- New homes$700k
New dwg
- Relocated buildings$90k
New relocatable dwg
- New homes$450k
3 bdrm dwg with attached gge - front house
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw - amendment to bco10392742 - bdrm three extension & porch roof deleted, ensuite & bdrm extension extended new bdrm one, extension on north side. Extension of bdrm one & two on we
- New homes$410k
New dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$68k
New gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install solid fuel heater - masport Akaroa
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$20k
Adding drainage report for new effluent disposal system, required for new studio not previously considered in original building consent bco10392742
- Alterations and additions$250k
Additions & alterations
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$400k
Rbw - internal alterations & extensions to existing building, new joinery, new decks, new timber pergola & new louvre pergola, enclose area below house as a carport plus new studio at the back.
- Garages, sheds and carports$49k
Gge
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install masport Hurunui freestanding fire
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$5,000
Foundations for prefabricated sleepout
- Fires and heating$9,500
Install pyroclassic f/s woodburner
- Alterations and additions$650k
Add & alterations to existing dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1
Connect 2 cabins to existing sewer drain
- New homes$464k
New dwg
- Relocated buildings$40k
New relocated dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Masport Rakaia freestanding fire
- New homes$880k
New dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Rbw - replacement of existing first floor deck & external staircase with new deck & staircase.
- Alterations and additions$1
Change to cladding & replace soakhole
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Koutu?
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.