Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tokoroa
72 new homes were consented in the South Waikato District council area in the year to September 2026, up 24% on the year before. They also consented $35m of non-residential building work, down 33% on the year before. Below: 874 consents we hold in Tokoroa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the South Waikato District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, South Waikato 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 106 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 — South Waikato 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.
- Factories and industrial$25.1m
7 buildings · 8,217 m² new floor area · $2,814/m² new · +10% on the year before
- Farm buildings$6.7m
31 buildings · 17,775 m² new floor area · $372/m² new · +93% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $1,852/m² new · −51% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$850k
- Warehouses and storage$597k
2 buildings · 1,020 m² new floor area · $585/m² new · −68% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$334k
1 building · 38 m² new floor area · $3,184/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$239k
- Offices$75k
−98% on the year before
Consents on record in Tokoroa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 874 from 1 Jun 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.
- Fires and heating196
16 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions128
12 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New homes50
8 in the last 12 months · typically $417k
- Garages, sheds and carports44
6 in the last 12 months · typically $44k
- Relocated buildings35
7 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs12
3 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Multiple homes12
typically $1.5m
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $14k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening9
typically $100k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8m6x attached 2 storey units 19 May Street, Tokoroa
- $1.1mConstruction of a 4 bed, 2 living, 2.5 bathrm stand alone dwg with attached dbl gge 220 Baird Road, Tokoroa
- $1.1mRbw - new two-storey three-bdrm, four-bathrm, media, living, dining, laundry dwg with attached gge, new water retention tanks, new driveway & new service connections. Retaining wall. Dr 22 Cobham Crescent, Tokoroa
- $750kNew 4 bdrm, 2 bathrm res house with attached dbl gge. 18 Baird Road, Tokoroa
- $651k4-bdrm, 2-bathrm house with a dbl internal gge 2655C Old Taupo Road, Tokoroa
874 consents
- Insulation$1,600
Install insulmax blown insulation into exterior walls.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Alterations to dwg. Replace existing membrane deck with new free-draining timber deck
- Relocated buildings$45k
Relocate a new built 3 bed, 1 bath dwg with ccc from Waikato bc when complete. Foundations & connections to site services to be part of this consent
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
To build a gge
- New homes$400k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$60k
Additions & alterations
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocation dwg
- New homes$651k
4-bdrm, 2-bathrm house with a dbl internal gge
- New homes$467k
Construction of a 3-bdrm, 2.5-bathrm house with a dbl internal gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a metro wee rad leg woodfire
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$90k
Construct gge with sleepout & bathrm
- New homes$750k
New 4 bdrm, 2 bathrm res house with attached dbl gge.
- Alterations and additions$15k
Convert wardrobe & cupboard to ensuite in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$72k
Erect proposed new totalspan gge with hobby room
- Fires and heating$2,850
Install owner supplied woodburner
- Fires and heating$7,310
To install a metro smart insert woodburner (masonry). A stnd. Flue kit system for insert woodburners
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Small add for ensuite & robe amendment 1: proposed ensuite & robe add amendment 1 to record as built & further changes requested by owner. Change for roof structure, joinery, bathrm layout.
- New homes$534k
New dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$25k
Add of concrete floor, timber frame, flat roof area, to current sleepout for bathrm & entrance areas.
- Fires and heating$18k
Installation of visionline taurus insert fire, flue system & flashing
- Fires and heating$6,900
Installation of kent logfire ii insert fire & flue
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace existing woodfire & flue with metro tiny rad base
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construct new 7 x 7m gge on site
- New homes$300k
New 2 bdrm dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$60k
Alt layout of bdrm, toilet room & bathrm to form wardrobe, ensuite & toilet room in dwg
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Suburbs in Tokoroa
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tokoroa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 72 new homes consented in the South Waikato District council area, with $37.6m of residential and $35m 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.