Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tasman
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 Tasman, 22 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 133 consents we hold in Tasman, 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 Tasman’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 Tasman
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tasman 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 Tasman
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 133 from 1 Aug 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.
- New homes34
8 in the last 12 months · typically $742k
- Alterations and additions20
2 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Fires and heating15
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $36k
- Pools and spas6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $96k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $950k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $70k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mStage 2 - construct dwg with internal access gge 21 Te Papa Lane
- $795kConstruct dwg with internal access gge with 4 Honey Lane
- $750kConstruct dwg with freestanding wood burner 105 Tiro Kina Road
- $600kConstruct guest sleepout with gym, inground swimming pool 23 Suncrest Drive
- $599kConstruct dwg with internal gge 32 Tirohanga Moana Way
133 consents
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$600k
Construct guest sleepout with gym, inground swimming pool
- New homes$795k
Construct dwg with internal access gge with
- New homes$505k
Construct dwg with internal gge
- New homes$599k
Construct dwg with internal gge
- Pools and spas$110k
Install inground pool
- Alterations and additions$120k
Internal alterations to dwg with freestanding wood
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Construct two storey shed with bathrm
- New homes$550k
Construct dwg
- New homes$750k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Add of kitchenette to downstairs bdrm
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$70k
Sleepout constructed
- New homes$2m
Stage 2 - construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$514k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$396k
Construct dwg with freestanding woodburner & internal
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Install wastewater dripper field
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$3,000
Converted sleepout to second dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$70k
Rbw - new prayer room add cladded in bevelback weatherboards on cavity & trapezoidal longrun roofing. Alt involves replacement of existing rainwater goods & recladding kitchen & livi
- New homes$587k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$554k
Construct dwg with carport
- Pools and spas$25k
Construct swimming pool & fence
- New homes$1.6m
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$670k
Construct new replacement dwg
- New homes$1.1m
Construct dwg & separate gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tasman?
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.