Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waitara
325 new homes were consented in the New Plymouth District council area in the year to September 2026, down 5% on the year before. They also consented $87.3m of non-residential building work, up 72% on the year before. Below: 455 consents we hold in Waitara, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the New Plymouth District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, New Plymouth 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 708 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 — New Plymouth 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$29.1m
3 buildings · 9,368 m² new floor area · $2,829/m² new · +112% on the year before
- Education$12.3m
1 building · 1,337 m² new floor area · $3,740/m² new · +152% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$12.2m
6 buildings · 12,575 m² new floor area · $974/m² new · +880% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$8.5m
1 building · +34471% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$8.3m
7 buildings · 5,131 m² new floor area · $1,473/m² new · +84% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$6.5m
2 buildings · 294 m² new floor area · $4,932/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Offices$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,833 m² new floor area · $2,428/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.9m
29 buildings · 14,657 m² new floor area · $253/m² new · −22% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$31k
−89% on the year before
Consents on record in Waitara
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 455 from 1 May 2005 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.
- Fires and heating83
10 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions80
9 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports37
5 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New homes36
9 in the last 12 months · typically $489k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Relocated buildings11
typically $89k
- Pools and spas9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- Retaining walls5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $754kFour bdrm res dwg, colorsteel longrun roof with brickworks thintech cladding & james hardie fibre cement feature cladding. 35 Rona Road, Brixton
- $680kFour bdrm res dwg 57 Raleigh Street, Waitara
- $650kFour bdrm home with dbl gge stand alone dwg. 59C Raleigh Street, Waitara
- $611kFour bdrm res dwg. 1 Clifton Drive, Waitara
- $489k2x two bdrm units 3 & 4 45 Cracroft Street, Waitara
455 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - maxen kinmont 450-w
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$170k
Construction of new sleepout
- New homes$754k
Four bdrm res dwg, colorsteel longrun roof with brickworks thintech cladding & james hardie fibre cement feature cladding.
- New homes$611k
Four bdrm res dwg.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install metro ultra tiny rad - legs
- Fires and heating$150k
Alt & add & f/s sfh
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Minor alterations - new kitchen - wall removal
- New homes$328k
Three bdrm unit - unit 1
- New homes$296k
Three bdrm dwg - unit 2
- New homes$489k
2x two bdrm units 3 & 4
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$90k
New standalone sleepout on a timber floor
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Remove & replace existing piles
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a pyro mini woodfire.
- Fires and heating$5,500
Installation of kent Benmore freestanding woodfire, standard fluekit, flueshield on ash floor protector.
- New homes$650k
Four bdrm home with dbl gge stand alone dwg.
- Alterations and additions$20k
Bathrm alt turning bathrm into a wet room coved vinyl floor with hardie glaze walls.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Installation of metro eco wee rad legs, eco fluekit, flueshield on ash floor protector
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$54k
Reclad portion of existing four bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$12k
Alt to attached dwgs - convert four attached dwgs to six by infilling openings in intertenancy walls between unit 1+2 & 3+4 - install kitchens to unit 2+4
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Gge including amendments:- amn13/224 - change wall s, cladding, height & location of gge amn14/337 - windows changed, stairs & walls added, upper floor added incl bdrm, living, bathrm amn15/002 - timber louvres added amn15/139 - wall brac
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
New gge with bathrm
- Alterations and additions$175k
Master bdrm plus ensuite extension to existing 3 bdrm dwg through existing bdrm come study. Existing store room built up to create fourth bdrm
- New homes$470k
Three-bdrm dwg with attached two car gge amendment 1: house moved back off Rd to avoid a resource consent gge bracing revised
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Three-bdrm dwg with attached two car gge amendment 1: house moved back off Rd to avoid a resource consent gge bracing revised
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of metro tiny rad woody c/a freestanding wood fire & metro eco flue system, on steel floor protector.
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Suburbs in Waitara
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waitara?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 325 new homes consented in the New Plymouth District council area, with $194m of residential and $87.3m 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.