Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Bethlehem
798 new homes were consented in the Tauranga City council area in the year to September 2026, up 80% on the year before. They also consented $243m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. In Bethlehem itself, 27 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 239 consents we hold in Bethlehem, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tauranga City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Bethlehem’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tauranga City, 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 1,998 in 1997.
New homes in Bethlehem
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Bethlehem North, Bethlehem Central, Te Reti. In the year to September 2026: 16 houses, 10 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 1 retirement village units.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tauranga City, 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.
- Offices$79.7m
9 buildings · 29,100 m² new floor area · $2,184/m² new · +171% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$44.6m
7 buildings · 5,182 m² new floor area · $7,333/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$40.8m
8 buildings · 12,089 m² new floor area · $2,271/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Education$25.9m
13 buildings · 3,593 m² new floor area · $4,698/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$23.8m
8 buildings · 12,115 m² new floor area · $1,826/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$20.6m
2 buildings · 4,600 m² new floor area · $3,946/m² new · −57% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.8m
2 buildings · 260 m² new floor area · $4,385/m² new · −73% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$1.8m
1 building · 107 m² new floor area · $4,256/m² new
- Farm buildings$212k
2 buildings · 276 m² new floor area · $768/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$135k
−96% on the year before
Consents on record in Bethlehem
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 239 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 additions45
7 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes28
4 in the last 12 months · typically $635k
- Fires and heating23
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Pools and spas18
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $180k
- Garages, sheds and carports9
typically $81k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Multiple homes4
typically $1.4m
- Retaining walls3
typically $10k
- Commercial alterations3
typically $46k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $750kErect a split-level four-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge. Decks & retaining wall. 2 Portchester Close
- $617k2 storey, 3-bdrm domestic dwg with attached dbl gge 9 Hyforce Way
- $600kErect a two-storey three-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge. This consent is for a single household unit. 11 Edwin Grove
- $380kAdd to dwg. Add two-bedrooms - kitchen - bathrm & living area. 66 Raukawa Drive
- $377kErect a single-level three-bdrm dwg with attached single gge. 11 Omanga Way
239 consents
- Alterations and additions$30k
Foundations & services for a single-level three-bdrm dwg.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$100k
Replace current cladding with approved claddings over drained cavity. Replace structural timber where necessary. Replace joinery with r0.26 dbl glazed units. Remove components with high weathertigh
- Fires and heating$7,300
Install free-standing metro ambe one solid fuel heater.
- Alterations and additions$120k
Alterations to existing dwg including replacement joinery throughout & replacement cladding to selected areas only
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alt to dwg - refurbishing bathrm & ensuite & tiled shower. Installation of a replacement a freestanding metro xtreme rad base solid fuel heater.
- New homes$600k
Erect a two-storey three-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge. This consent is for a single household unit.
- New homes$377k
Erect a single-level three-bdrm dwg with attached single gge.
- Fires and heating$6,800
Installation of a freestanding maxen kinmont 350w solid fuel heater.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a freestanding woodsman serene dry draw solid fuel heater.
- Fires and heating$11k
R2 - minor works - replace existing inbuilt woodburner with new masport Rangitata in existing masonry chimney.
- New homes$617k
2 storey, 3-bdrm domestic dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$300k
New consent to resolve historic ccc for original bc952279. Full wall recladding, full replacement of existing joinery. Provide enough subfloor ventilation. Outdoor decking alt. New louvretec c
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$100k
Partial reclad with joinery replacement. Add & alt to the dwg. Deck add install a freestanding metrofire tiny rad woody sfh pool fencing
- Pools and spas$10k
Installation of pool fencing.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$100k
Alterations to dwg. Reclad to existing dwg. Replace decayed timber to lower floor (as shown) create fall to enclosed deck over gge. Reclad & replace joinery with upvc units - as stated.
- Alterations and additions$380k
Add to dwg. Add two-bedrooms - kitchen - bathrm & living area.
- New homes$750k
Erect a split-level four-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge. Decks & retaining wall.
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alterations to dwg - existing bathrm split into two separate bathrooms. Minor wall changes & sanitary fixture changes as shown. Acrylic shower changed to tiled shower.
- Alterations and additions$35k
Internal alterations to dwg. Install bathrm into laundry room.
- Multiple homes$745k
Erect three two-storey two-bdrm dwgs (triplex), timber retaining walls & timber palisade wall
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alterations to dwg. Convert ground floor storage into bathrm & laundry.
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alterations to the dwg: first-floor alt only; infill void in midfloor in dining room; refurbish laundry; add a wall in kitchen & new walls & window to family room.
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alt to dwg. Create bathrm & walk in wardrobe in upstairs attic space
- Multiple homes$1.3m
Rbw - housing (detached dwgs) - six new standalone single-storey dwgs, each comprising two bedrooms & one bathrm (lots 5-10)
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations to dwg - replace tiles in main bathrm
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Bethlehem?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 798 new homes consented in the Tauranga City council area, with $453m of residential and $243m 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.