Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Lynmore
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 Lynmore itself, 8 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 229 consents we hold in Lynmore, 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 Lynmore’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 Lynmore
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Lynmore. In the year to September 2026: 8 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 Lynmore
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 229 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.
- Alterations and additions51
7 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Fires and heating17
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $886k
- Garages, sheds and carports11
typically $150k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs9
typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $120k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $10k
- Pools and spas3
typically $90k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.8m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8mRbw - six x new two-storey dwgs each with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tanks. 3 Lewis Road
- $1.3mNew dwg 15 Manawa Road
- $380kRevision to internal layout, add to within existing 10 Kahurangi Drive
- $200kAlt to existing building. 38 Lynmore Avenue
- $200kNew dwg & gge 26 Selwyn Road
229 consents
- Alterations and additions$10k
New joinery & bracing to dining area
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install masport Rangitata insert woodfire
- Multiple homes$1.8m
Rbw - six x new two-storey dwgs each with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tanks.
- Alterations and additions$380k
Revision to internal layout, add to within existing
- New homes$1.3m
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$200k
Alt to existing building.
- Alterations and additions$60k
New dwg
- New homes$200k
New dwg & gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install masport Hurunui freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$60k
New dwg alt
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$5,000
Existing cabin drainage connection
- Alterations and additions$25k
Bathrm alterations.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$2,000
Conservatory
- New homes$1.2m
New dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Gge & entry extension & bdrm conversion
- Fires and heating$8,500
Blaze king sirocco 30 ped freestanding fire
- Pools and spas$300k
Proposed pool, pool barriers & deck.
- Commercial alterations$80k
Alterations, add bdrm, ensuite, office & deck
- New homes$250k
Rbw - alterations proposed to an existing 2 storey dwg. The new extension of the existing building with additional master bdrm. Existing kitchen & bedrooms are being restored & refurbished
- Alterations and additions$230k
Alterations & additions
- Alterations and additions$5,000
New secondary dwg
- New homes$1m
Stage 2 - construct timber framed single dwg with cladding (stage 1 bc25-011604)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$250k
Extension to dwg, reclad, internal alterations
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Conservatory
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Near Lynmore
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Lynmore?
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.