Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tākaka
280 new homes were consented in the Tasman District council area in the year to September 2026, down 5% on the year before. They also consented $142m of non-residential building work, up 81% on the year before. Below: 336 consents we hold in Tākaka, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tasman District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tasman 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 661 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tasman 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$45.8m
7 buildings · 9,720 m² new floor area · $4,131/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$27.8m
2 buildings · 4,226 m² new floor area · $6,425/m² new · +4320% on the year before
- Education$20.6m
1 building · 1,160 m² new floor area · $13,793/m² new · +458% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15m
6 buildings · 7,502 m² new floor area · $1,882/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$9.3m
2 buildings · 1,979 m² new floor area · $4,118/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Offices$7.5m
3 buildings · 776 m² new floor area · $5,528/m² new · +126% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.7m
19 buildings · 8,768 m² new floor area · $575/m² new · +185% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$5.1m
3 buildings · 1,711 m² new floor area · $2,981/m² new · −2% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$4.6m
3 buildings · 1,230 m² new floor area · $3,541/m² new · +151% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$610k
1 building · 132 m² new floor area · $3,485/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in Tākaka
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 336 from 1 Aug 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 heating87
17 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions53
12 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes50
9 in the last 12 months · typically $401k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Garages, sheds and carports11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts7
typically $80k
- Pools and spas5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Retaining walls4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
typically $34k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $75k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.1mRbw - proposed 3x2 storey standalone dwgs. Lot 1 & lot 3 with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms,1 wc & single gge. Lot 2 with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc & single gge. Includes retaining wall 13 Lagoon Street, Torrent Bay
- $700kAlterations & extension to dwg 32 Peninsula Road, Tata Beach
- $535kConstruction of dwg with attached gge 14 Paradise Way, Pōhara
- $500kConstruct dwg with freestanding wood burner 260 Pupu Valley Road, Puramāhoi
- $490kConstruct dwg with freestanding wood burner 280 Packard Road, Motupipi
336 consents
- New homes$375k
Construct dwg with freestanding woodburner, retaining
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment to aba-2024-2141 - construct accessible entry ramp, install stair lift, revise entry door & stormwater drainage, add specified systems
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mkii solid fuel burner (reconditioned)
- Alterations and additions$300k
Internal & external alterations for partial rebuild
- Alterations and additions$200k
Extension & internal alt to dwg & install
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- New homes$500k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$10k
Install freestanding wood burner
- New homes$490k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$25k
Standalone ablution outbuilding. Council ww
- New homes$2.1m
Rbw - proposed 3x2 storey standalone dwgs. Lot 1 & lot 3 with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms,1 wc & single gge. Lot 2 with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc & single gge. Includes retaining wall
- New homes$285k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$45k
Extension & external alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding wood burner with wetback
- New homes$425k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Alterations and additions$150k
External alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner into workshop
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner with wetback
- Alterations and additions$15k
Dwg alterations - add of ensuite in an existing
- Fires and heating$18k
Fireplace/chimney with sub-floor strengthening & inbuilt escea tc970 solid fuel heater
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Suburbs in Tākaka
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tākaka?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 280 new homes consented in the Tasman District council area, with $166m of residential and $142m 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.