Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tata Beach
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 Tata Beach, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 22 consents we hold in Tata Beach, 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 Tata Beach’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 Tata Beach
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tata Beach 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 Tata Beach
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 22 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.
- New homes6
typically $475k
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Fires and heating3
typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $51k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $80k
- Retaining walls1
typically $3,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $700kAlterations & extension to dwg 32 Peninsula Road
22 consents
- Alterations and additions$700k
Alterations & extension to dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
Enclose subfloor space for additional bdrm & bathrm
- Alterations and additions$40k
Internal & external alterations
- Fires and heating$200k
Internal alterations & install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- New homes$550k
Construct dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Construct detached gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- New homes$200k
Construct new dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
Construct outbuilding with services
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$80k
Construct 2 storey sleepout with services
- New homes$2.3m
Construct 5 bdrm dwg with attached carport
- New homes$1.3m
Construct replacement dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$52k
Convert shed to dwg
- Alterations and additions$250k
Extension & alterations to dwg including construction
- Retaining walls$3,000
Construct retaining wall beneath existing dwg ancillary
- New homes$400k
Construct new dwg
- New homes$130k
Construct new dwg
- New homes$405k
Construct new dwg with internal access gge
- Alterations and additions$60k
Construction of two steel-structure & canvas tents
- Commercial alterations$80k
Construct a workshop with office, freestanding wood burner
- Pools and spas$35k
Construct new swimming pool & deck
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Near Tata Beach
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tata Beach?
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.