Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waihao Downs
17 new homes were consented in the Waimate District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $4.9m of non-residential building work, down 67% on the year before. In the statistical area around Waihao Downs, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1 consents we hold in Waihao Downs, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waimate District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Waihao Downs’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waimate 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 52 in 2008.
New homes in Waihao Downs
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Waihao Downs sits in (Hakataramea) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 — Waimate 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.
- Farm buildings$2.3m
25 buildings · 5,542 m² new floor area · $378/m² new · +46% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$800k
2 buildings · 187 m² new floor area · $4,278/m² new · −18% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$610k
2 buildings · 468 m² new floor area · $620/m² new · −93% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$500k
- Offices$400k
- Warehouses and storage$210k
+500% on the year before
- Education$60k
−83% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$60k
+140% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$20k
−99% on the year before
Consents on record in Waihao Downs
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 2019. 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.
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
1 consent
- Alterations and additions$6,000
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Near Waihao Downs
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waihao Downs?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17 new homes consented in the Waimate District council area, with $11.5m of residential and $4.9m 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.