Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōwhata
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 Ōwhata itself, 165 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 400 consents we hold in Ōwhata, 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 Ōwhata’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 Ōwhata
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Ōwhata East, Ōwhata West, Holdens Bay-Rotokawa. In the year to September 2026: 96 houses, 69 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 Ōwhata
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 400 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Aug 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 homes128
39 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Alterations and additions38
6 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Fires and heating26
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,971
- Multiple homes25
1 in the last 12 months · typically $680k
- Relocated buildings15
5 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
typically $10k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $46k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
typically $100k
- Pools and spas2
typically $40k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.3mNew 4-bdrm dwg 46 Fairbank Road
- $1.1mConstruction of five attached dwgs with attached garages 23 Dickens Street
- $812kNew dwg 35 Pukatea Crescent
- $725kNew dwg 2 Whatumairangi Way
- $603kNew dwg 23 Pukatea Crescent
400 consents
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$725k
New dwg
- New homes$240k
New dwg
- New homes$495k
New dwg
- New homes$415k
New dwg
- New homes$415k
New dwg
- New homes$415k
New dwg
- New homes$415k
New dwg
- New homes$544k
New dwg
- New homes$546k
New dwg
- New homes$525k
New dwg
- New homes$525k
New dwg
- New homes$525k
New dwg
- New homes$525k
New dwg
- New homes$525k
New dwg
- New homes$525k
New dwg
- New homes$350k
New dwg
- Fires and heating$5,500
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōwhata?
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.