Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waitoa
325 new homes were consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area in the year to September 2026, up 35% on the year before. They also consented $73.1m of non-residential building work, up 4% on the year before. Below: 18 consents we hold in Waitoa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Matamata-Piako District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Matamata-Piako 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 433 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 — Matamata-Piako 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$20.8m
5 buildings · 6,338 m² new floor area · $3,171/m² new · +632% on the year before
- Farm buildings$13.5m
55 buildings · 32,757 m² new floor area · $409/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$10.2m
5 buildings · 4,680 m² new floor area · $1,861/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$9.1m
8 buildings · 4,724 m² new floor area · $1,162/m² new · −65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$7.5m
2 buildings · 1,247 m² new floor area · $6,014/m² new · +48% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.6m
3 buildings · 589 m² new floor area · $5,903/m² new · −25% on the year before
- Offices$3.3m
6 buildings · 835 m² new floor area · $2,234/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Education$2.7m
2 buildings · 466 m² new floor area · $2,339/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
1 building · 260 m² new floor area · $5,308/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$60k
Consents on record in Waitoa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Mar 2020 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.
- Alterations and additions4
typically $58k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- Fires and heating3
typically $5,502
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $115k
- Fit-outs1
typically $1.5m
- Relocated buildings1
typically $220k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $40k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $115kConstruct new 10.8m x 7.2m gge with attached hobby room/workshop & bathrm 348 Chudleigh Road, Waitoa
- $80kProposed new shed company shed 12.0m x 9.0m - 2 bay gge 3824 State Highway 26, Waitoa
18 consents
- Commercial alterations$115k
Construct new 10.8m x 7.2m gge with attached hobby room/workshop & bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Proposed new shed company shed 12.0m x 9.0m - 2 bay gge
- Fit-outs$1.5m
Re-clad & internal fit out to create 12 res accommodation units (stage 2)
- Relocated buildings$220k
Rbw - proposed internal reconfiguration of existing main dwg, for open plan kitchen, dining, living. Bathrm updated, bdrm relocated. Relocated minor dwg to rear of site. New piles for m
- Alterations and additions$10k
Laundry alt to add shower housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
To build a gge for vehicle & sundry storage
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install new metrofire wee rad - base freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$75k
Proposed add to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Jayline freestanding fireplace
- Alterations and additions$40k
Bathrm alterations
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$40k
Remedial works to existing damaged dwg - reinstatement of damaged fireplace.
- Garages, sheds and carports$48k
Erect proposed new gge
- Alterations and additions$80k
Totalspan portal building
- Fires and heating$5,502
Solid fuel heater
- Pools and spas$48k
Fibreglass pool
- Alterations and additions$25k
Ensuite & walk in wardrobe
- Relocated buildings$5,000
Relocate second hand gge
- Fires and heating$4,000
Metro wee rad wood fire
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Waitoa
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waitoa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 325 new homes consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area, with $174m of residential and $73.1m 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.