Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Waitara
Councils consented $87.3m of non-residential building work in the New Plymouth District council area in the year to September 2026, up 72% on the year before. Below: 10 commercial 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Waitara
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 10 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Aug 2025. 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.
- Commercial alterations4
typically $98k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
10 consents
- Commercial alterations$400k
Add of new gge & workshop with upper floor to hobby room
- Commercial alterations$35k
Other res/farm - construct a 6x6 engineered steel framed workshop (p)
- Commercial alterations$160k
Res/farm - gge with workshop, bathrm & boatshed (p)
- Commercial alterations$32k
Res/farm - gge workshop with carport, existing to be removed (p)
- Farm buildings$20k
Commercial - potting shed (pole shed)
- Commercial alterations$50k
Res/farm - add of bdrm,ensuite,wardrobe, changing one bdrm to office
- New commercial buildings$300k
Res/farm - two bdrm dwg with office & attached gge
- Commercial alterations$3,900
Other res/farm - convert office into ensuite.
- Commercial alterations$34k
Other res/farm - gge & office
- Commercial alterations$199k
Other res/farm - separate gge & rumpus room/office
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
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.