Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ligar Bay
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. In the statistical area around Ligar Bay, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 21 consents we hold in Ligar Bay, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ligar Bay’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Ligar Bay
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ligar Bay sits in (Pōhara-Abel Tasman) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — 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 Ligar Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 21 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Mar 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 additions6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New homes6
typically $435k
- Retaining walls2
typically $25k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $20k
- Fires and heating1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $130kInternal & external alterations to dwg & convert 1110 Abel Tasman Drive
21 consents
- Alterations and additions$130k
Internal & external alterations to dwg & convert
- Alterations and additions$50k
Dwg extension & internal alterations including
- New homes$371k
Construct a dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new freestanding wood burner
- New homes$470k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- Retaining walls$10k
Construct retaining wall & reposition existing sewer pipe
- Retaining walls$40k
Construct retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$252k
Alterations to existing dwg
- New homes$550k
Construct new dwg & carport
- New homes$400k
Construct new dwg
- New homes$996k
Construct dwg with gas fire
- New homes$390k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$1,500
Install wetback
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Sewer & water connection
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$25k
Bathrm renovation
- Fires and heating$148k
Dwg alt & install metro freestanding wood
- Fires and heating$10k
Install metro freestanding wood burner with wetback
- New homes$300k
Construct dwg with masport freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$40k
Ensuite add to first floor master bdrm & construct
- New homes$180k
Construct a small off the grid bach
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Near Ligar Bay
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ligar Bay?
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.