Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Springfield
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 Springfield itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 237 consents we hold in Springfield, 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 Springfield’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 Springfield
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Springfield South, Springfield North. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Springfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 237 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.
- Alterations and additions51
11 in the last 12 months · typically $21k
- Fires and heating22
5 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes15
5 in the last 12 months · typically $450k
- Garages, sheds and carports9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $27k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Retaining walls5
typically $15k
- Pools and spas4
typically $6,500
- Multiple homes3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $2m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
typically $150k
- Insulation2
typically $9,500
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.5mRbw - four proposed res dwgs. Each house has four bedrooms, 2.5 bath & internal gge. Including gas fire place, retaining walls & detention tanks. Trapizoidal roofing with james har 19 Springfield Road
- $2mConstruction of 5 attached dwgs with 5 attached garages 39 Springfield Road
- $477kNew dwg 1 Gillam Crescent
- $450kConstruction of dwg with attached gge 5 Mildred Place
- $443kConstruction of dwg with attached gge 10 Mildred Place
237 consents
- Fires and heating$300k
Alt to dwg - extension of kitchen & lounge. Installation of woodsman serene petite, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 212697
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - existing two storey dwg renovation. Add of a bathrm on the 1st floor & improvements to the existing bathrm on the ground floor.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt of existing storage room to an en-suite bathrm
- Alterations and additions$29k
Rbw- for the construction of approx 7.6m long by maximum 2.4m high concrete gravity block retaining wall & underpinned dbl storey house foundations.
- Multiple homes$2.5m
Rbw - four proposed res dwgs. Each house has four bedrooms, 2.5 bath & internal gge. Including gas fire place, retaining walls & detention tanks. Trapizoidal roofing with james har
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - metro tiny rad leg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$85k
Proposed kitchen & lounge add, new ensuite wardrobe & first floor deck
- New homes$477k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$80k
Extension to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install masport Rangitata insert woodfire
- Multiple homes$2m
Construction of 5 attached dwgs with 5 attached garages
- New homes$450k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install masport Hurunui freestanding fire
- New homes$443k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$1
Remove 2 internal walls, install new beams, refit bathrooms, add toilet, bath & laundry tub, install new masport McKenzie r10000 woodburner with wet-back & replace existing insert woodfire with second-hand hi flo plumbing certified woodsman dvi-1
- Alterations and additions$160k
Extension & alt
- Alterations and additions$23k
To relocate this brand new yard built 3 bdrm dwg to site as per site plan
- Alterations and additions$28k
To relocate this brand new yard built dwg to site as per site plan
- Alterations and additions$22k
To relocate this brand new yard built 3 bdrm dwg to site as per site plan
- Alterations and additions$10k
New entry, kitchen & roof beam
- Alterations and additions$20k
Add to existing dwg. Enclose existing covered ground level concrete balcony to create new internal bathrm, including installing a new timber floor, walls, cladding, fixtures, & interior
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Internal alt to gge - create bdrm with ensuite.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Woodsman Tasman freestanding fire
- New homes$436k
Construction of dwg with attached gge - lot 24. Installation of masport Kaituna pedestal(uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac-234633.
- New homes$422k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Springfield?
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.