Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Wakefield
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. Below: 303 consents we hold in Wakefield, 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.
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.
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 Wakefield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 303 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating78
15 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes47
7 in the last 12 months · typically $420k
- Alterations and additions37
11 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Pools and spas8
typically $68k
- Multiple homes6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $823k
- Relocated buildings5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $140k
- Commercial alterations4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $58k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $6,500
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
typically $25k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.6mRbw - 4 x new dbl storey dwgs, lot 1 includes 4 bedrooms & 2.5 bathrooms; lot 2 to lot 4 include 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms. Each lot includes new private drainage, attached gge & retain 24 Arrow Street, Wakefield
- $860kConstruct two dwgs with internal access gge 18 Ara o Paki Paki, Wakefield
- $786kConstruct 2 dwgs with internal access gge 25 Ara o Paki Paki, Wakefield
- $633kConstruct dwg with internal access gge 20 Ara o Paki Paki, Wakefield
- $605kConstruct dwg with freestanding wood burner 767 Tapawera-Baton Road, Tapawera
303 consents
- Commercial alterations$125k
Enclose porch, alt internal layout, install ensuite, sink & wall lining to basement office, insulate exterior walls of dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Multiple homes$1.6m
Rbw - 4 x new dbl storey dwgs, lot 1 includes 4 bedrooms & 2.5 bathrooms; lot 2 to lot 4 include 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms. Each lot includes new private drainage, attached gge & retain
- Alterations and additions$40k
Internal & external alterations to dwg
- New homes$400k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Multiple homes$860k
Construct two dwgs with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install inbuilt wood burner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$125k
Rbw. New kitchen to be installed. Joinery items new with opening on two items larger with new lintel to be installed.
- Multiple homes$786k
Construct 2 dwgs with internal access gge
- New homes$441k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$8,126
Supply & install metro smart insert wood fire as detached dwgs
- New homes$633k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- New homes$390k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Kaituna ash freestanding woodburner
- Fit-outs$90k
Rbw. Change of use - basement storage area changed to accommodation. Basement internal fit-out. 80% of the basement will be used as accommodation for transient use only & another 20% for their stora
- Fires and heating$3,000
Replaced freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$120k
Internal & external alterations to dwg
- New homes$340k
Construct dwg with internal gge
- Alterations and additions$150k
Extension & internal alt to dwg
- Alterations and additions$150k
Internal & external alterations to dwg
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Wakefield
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Wakefield?
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.