Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Upper Hutt
200 new homes were consented in the Upper Hutt City council area in the year to September 2026, down 35% on the year before. They also consented $30.3m of non-residential building work, down 78% on the year before.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Upper Hutt City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Upper Hutt 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 346 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Upper Hutt 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$8.3m
1 building · 364 m² new floor area · $3,297/m² new · −74% on the year before
- Education$8.1m
1 building · 292 m² new floor area · $4,452/m² new · +178% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$6.3m
2 buildings · 1,922 m² new floor area · $3,148/m² new · +1084% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$3.5m
−96% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1.5m
2 buildings · 140 m² new floor area · $2,986/m² new · +124% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1m
+7592% on the year before
- Offices$926k
−91% on the year before
- Farm buildings$375k
3 buildings · 954 m² new floor area · $387/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$365k
−96% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5,000
−97% on the year before
Consents on record in Upper Hutt
We do not hold any consents in Upper Hutt yet. They arrive as councils publish their records; the official figures above count every one.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Upper Hutt?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 200 new homes consented in the Upper Hutt City council area, with $103m of residential and $30.3m 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.