Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Bronte
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 Bronte, 22 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 14 consents we hold in Bronte, 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 Bronte’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 Bronte
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Bronte sits in (Moutere Hills) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 22 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 Bronte
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 14 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 Jul 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.
- Pools and spas4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Fires and heating2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $108k
- New homes2
typically $850k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $80k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $170kInternal & external alterations to dwg 98 Bronte Road East
- $150kConstruct inground swimming pool & fence 226 Bronte Road West
- $8,000Install freestanding wood burner 41 Cardno Way
- $6,000Install freestanding wood burner 46 Bronte Road East
14 consents
- Pools and spas$150k
Construct inground swimming pool & fence
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$170k
Internal & external alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Pools and spas$1
Changes to pool fencing
- New homes$600k
Stage 2 of 2 - construct dwg with attached gge
- New homes$1.1m
Construct new dwg & detached gge
- Alterations and additions$45k
Bathrm alterations to existing dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Add of attached carport & gge to dwg
- Pools and spas$100k
Construct swimming pool
- Pools and spas$80k
New swimming pool & safety fencing
- Pools and spas$110k
Construct swimming pool
- Alterations and additions$35k
Internal alterations
- Pools and spas$112k
Install new swimming pool
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Bronte?
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.