Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tapawera
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. In the statistical area around Tapawera, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 45 consents we hold in Tapawera, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Tapawera’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Tapawera
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tapawera sits in (Golden Downs) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
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 Tapawera
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 45 from 1 Mar 2020 to 1 Jun 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 heating16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- New homes8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $391k
- Alterations and additions7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $113k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $35k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
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
- $605kConstruct dwg with freestanding wood burner 767 Tapawera-Baton Road
- $382kNew dwg with attached gge 58 Matai Crescent
- $200kFoundations & services for single level three bdrm relocated dwg on site 10 Kowhai Street
- $172kInternal & external alterations & install freestanding 1430 Tadmor-Glenhope Road
- $35kInternal alterations to dwg 4 Hewitt Road
45 consents
- Fires and heating$8,126
Supply & install metro smart insert wood fire as detached dwgs
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding woodburner
- New homes$605k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- Relocated buildings$200k
Foundations & services for single level three bdrm relocated dwg on site
- Alterations and additions$35k
Internal alterations to dwg
- Alterations and additions$15k
Minor amendments to existing building consent as per
- New homes$382k
New dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$172k
Internal & external alterations & install freestanding
- Alterations and additions$28k
Internal alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$11k
Install new freestanding wood burner with wetback
- Alterations and additions$12k
Amendment to bco10351459- no town supply water to the boundary. Will harvest water off the roof & store in three tanks to filter & reticulate to the house.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro tiny rad freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installing a fireplace
- New homes$300k
Construct dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$35k
Rbw - new bathrm add. Change first floor deck balustrade to glass.
- Alterations and additions$72k
Extend dwg - bdrm & entrance
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install of metro extreme ped vc log fire, to replace inner flue chimney cowl, & flashing cone. Also to reuse existing outer flue & roof flashing. To install a new wetback into the fire & con
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Cargill 350D freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner cooker
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$40k
rbw new 6m x 3m sleepout cabin with ensuite.
- Fires and heating$15k
Install freestanding wood burner cooking appliance
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tapawera?
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.