Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Wakefield
Councils consented $142m of non-residential building work in the Tasman District council area in the year to September 2026, up 81% on the year before. Below: 7 commercial 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.
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
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 Wakefield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 7 from 1 May 2021 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.
- Commercial alterations4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $58k
- Fit-outs1
1 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
- $125kEnclose porch, alt internal layout, install ensuite, sink & wall lining to basement office, insulate exterior walls of dwg 19 Harcourt Place, Wakefield
- $90kRbw. 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 79 Wakefield-Kohatu Highway, Wakefield
7 consents
- Commercial alterations$125k
Enclose porch, alt internal layout, install ensuite, sink & wall lining to basement office, insulate exterior walls of dwg
- 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
- Commercial alterations$50k
Construct a gge with workshop
- Commercial alterations$65k
Replace gge & re-clad existing workshop
- Commercial alterations$9,000
Add of bathrm to gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$51k
Construct sleepout & office
- Commercial alterations$49k
Construct detached workshop
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.