Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Luggate
1,981 new homes were consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $237m of non-residential building work, up 91% on the year before. In the statistical area around Luggate, 44 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 643 consents we hold in Luggate, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Luggate’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Queenstown-Lakes 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 1,729 in 2025.
New homes in Luggate
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Luggate sits in (Cardrona) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 38 houses, 6 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 — Queenstown-Lakes 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.
- Hotels and motels$82.4m
8 buildings · 13,675 m² new floor area · $5,115/m² new · +88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$57.1m
15 buildings · 14,795 m² new floor area · $3,258/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$25.9m
7 buildings · 3,497 m² new floor area · $6,822/m² new · +268% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.8m
3 buildings · 6,050 m² new floor area · $4,264/m² new
- Offices$20.7m
6 buildings · 2,766 m² new floor area · $5,998/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Education$12m
5 buildings · 2,611 m² new floor area · $4,475/m² new · +391% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.2m
5 buildings · 1,617 m² new floor area · $3,348/m² new · +310% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.3m
3 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $2,430/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Farm buildings$892k
3 buildings · 591 m² new floor area · $1,509/m² new · −75% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$800k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Luggate
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 643 from 7 Oct 2014 to 23 Sep 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.
- New homes59
19 in the last 12 months · typically $600k
- Alterations and additions16
6 in the last 12 months · typically $73k
- Fires and heating15
5 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- New commercial buildings5
typically $980k
- Relocated buildings4
typically $216k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- Pools and spas2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $650k
- Other new buildings1
typically $65k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.3m3 bdrm domestic dwg 119 Main Road
- $1.1mConstruction of single storey dwelling with attached garage 26 Rocky Ridge Drive
- $930kConstruction new 3 bedroom residential dwelling with double garage.
- $850k3 Bedroom house with garage and 1 bedroom unit and carport attached
- $840kSingle storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 7 Lake McKay Drive
643 consents
- Fires and heating$731k
Cosntruction of dwelling with attached garage and solid fuel fire with attached unit
- New homes$595k
Construction of single storey dwelling with attached garage
- Garages, sheds and carports$850k
3 Bedroom house with garage and 1 bedroom unit and carport attached
- Alterations and additions$120k
New windows, relocation of fire place & new front door.
- New homes$396k
New single storey 3 bdrm home with attached gge
- New homes$800k
Construction of dwg with attached gge & associated retaining walls
- Fires and heating$6,900
Alt to 2-storey dwg: install woodsman serene petite wood burner, heatsaver flue
- New homes$400k
New single level 3 bdrm, two bath dwg with attached gge & woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace old fire. New metro wee rad woody. Existing metro outer liners. New sfp 150 stainless steel flue. New pain flashing with dektite #7
- New homes$500k
Construct new detached dwelling and associated earthworks and services
- Pools and spas$120k
Addition of in-ground swimming pool (separate consent to building (BC251350) currently under construction)
- New homes$160k
New build one storey dwelling
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Install a type 2 fire alarm system
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Multi-unit dwg - 1x 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge & 1 x 1 bdrm domestic dwg amendment 1: add of a freestanding metro log burner
- New homes$930k
Construction new 3 bedroom residential dwelling with double garage.
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal & external alt - FENZ Tapawera
- New homes$1.3m
3 bdrm domestic dwg
- New homes$694k
To erect a new dwg with attached gge & solid fuel fire with attached unit
- New homes$612k
Construction of single storey dwg with attached gge & solid fuel fire
- New homes$400k
Construction of a single storey dwg with 4 bedrooms, rumpus, desk space, bar, 3 ensuites, bath, laundry, kitchen, living, gge & elec. Fireplace
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- New homes$473k
Single storey 3 bdrm detached dwg with attached gge
- New homes$449k
Construction of single storey res dwg with 3 bedrooms, wood burner & attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$92k
Construction of detached garage
- New homes$600k
Construction of single storey dwelling with attached garage
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Luggate?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,981 new homes consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, with $1.22b of residential and $237m 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.