Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pōhuehue
17,131 new homes were consented in the Auckland council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $3.37b of non-residential building work, up 5% on the year before. In the statistical area around Pōhuehue, 15 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 19 consents we hold in Pōhuehue, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Auckland council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Pōhuehue’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Auckland, 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 21,301 in 2022.
New homes in Pōhuehue
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Pōhuehue sits in (Puhoi Valley) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 14 houses, 1 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 — Auckland, 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.
- Offices$753m
43 buildings · 26,927 m² new floor area · $8,567/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$631m
84 buildings · 233,139 m² new floor area · $2,450/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Education$590m
77 buildings · 54,555 m² new floor area · $8,792/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$402m
44 buildings · 21,405 m² new floor area · $14,113/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$307m
32 buildings · 40,270 m² new floor area · $4,291/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$219m
29 buildings · 19,980 m² new floor area · $6,216/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$197m
11 buildings · 25,285 m² new floor area · $7,276/m² new · +218% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$167m
29 buildings · 11,019 m² new floor area · $3,823/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$75.4m
17 buildings · 13,619 m² new floor area · $3,956/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Farm buildings$26.2m
121 buildings · 68,341 m² new floor area · $353/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in Pōhuehue
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 19 from 1 Jan 2020 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $9,400
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.7m
- New commercial buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $750k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $98k
- Pools and spas1
typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $864kRbw - single storey, res dwg with four bedrooms, one ensuite, family bathrm, open plan living, dining & kitchen, with a two car gge. On site wastewater system, media room, gas fi 386 Cowan Bay Road
- $750kRbw - construct a single-level dwg comprising three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a lounge, an office, & solid fuel heating. 16-26 Pukapuka Road
- $80kRbw - converting a gge into a minor dwg. The internal layout is to include a kitchen, living room, bathrm & bdrm. New dbl glazed window joinery as per the architectural drawings. 331 Pukapuka Road
- $10kInstall woodfire in same location (metro xtreme rad) 3 Schollum Access Road
19 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Rbw - converting a gge into a minor dwg. The internal layout is to include a kitchen, living room, bathrm & bdrm. New dbl glazed window joinery as per the architectural drawings.
- New homes$864k
Rbw - single storey, res dwg with four bedrooms, one ensuite, family bathrm, open plan living, dining & kitchen, with a two car gge. On site wastewater system, media room, gas fi
- Fires and heating$10k
Install woodfire in same location (metro xtreme rad)
- New commercial buildings$750k
Rbw - construct a single-level dwg comprising three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a lounge, an office, & solid fuel heating.
- Fires and heating$8,800
Heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Basement plan is to be extended 4.5m forward of the gge door line under the driveway
- Garages, sheds and carports$180k
Rbw - gge & laundry basement add with bdrm, wardrobe en-suite & small deck above. New bathrm to out-building. Kitchen & framing upgrade to existing house & new fireplace.
- Commercial alterations$98k
New private gge, & office with wc
- New homes$2.5m
Rbw - new two-level dwg with corrugated metal cladding & membrane roofs. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living, decks, pool & gge. Solid fuel appliance. New retaining wall & dri
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Rbw - proposed conversions of the existing gge into a master bdrm with ensuite & converting the existing carport into a gge. A new deck will be added to serve the new bdrm.
- Garages, sheds and carports$375k
Dbc proposed 3 level gge with basement, gf & mezzanine. Retaining also part of application.
- Fires and heating$150k
new gge shed with mud room & fireplace. New private drainage, new water tank & new wastewater system & disposal area.
- Pools and spas$20k
amendment - changing a container pool with cartridge filter to a concrete pool with cartridge filter & adding retaining walls.
- Fires and heating$5,000
installation of new wood burner metro wee rad Ltd & new flue
- Fires and heating$5,000
install woodfire (metro ambie plus)
- Alterations and additions$19k
Rbw - new windows & doors in kitchen & bathrm, internal changes & revamped bathrooms. New insulation & wall linings
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw - 2 window changes, extending scullery into original guest wc, moving laundry, extending ensuite into original laundry. Adding new guest wc.
- Pools and spas$50k
Installation of new in ground swimming pool & associated fencing.
- Alterations and additions$20k
rbw - amendment - minor internal layout change to incorporate change dbl gge & workshop to a single gge & minor dwg.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pōhuehue?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17,131 new homes consented in the Auckland council area, with $8.53b of residential and $3.37b 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.