Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Sandspit
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 Sandspit, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 91 consents we hold in Sandspit, 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 Sandspit’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 Sandspit
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Sandspit sits in (Sandspit) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 — 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 Sandspit
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 91 from 1 Sep 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.
- New homes18
3 in the last 12 months · typically $725k
- Alterations and additions10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $85k
- Fires and heating9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Multiple homes9
typically $553k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $108k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Pools and spas5
typically $38k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $19k
- New commercial buildings2
typically $553k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.5mRbw - single level dwg with internal dbl gge, three bedrooms, three bathrooms, wc, open kitchen, living dining area with covered deck area. New wood fire, water tanks & on-site waste wate
- $1.1mConstruction of single-storey four bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge 16 Creek Street
- $1mRbw - additions & alterations to existing single level dwg comprising: a new cabana & dining & ensuite, changes to hip roofs to gables, existing interior refurbishment, new dbl glazing 88 Brick Bay Drive
- $700kQLCHT two single level, 3 bdrm detached dwgs - 10 & 18 Callaghans Creek Rise 10 Creek Street
- $480kRbw - partial reclad to existing 2 storey, 4-bdrm dwg. New joinery, & new lintels in select locations. 19 Puriri Place
91 consents
- New homes$2.5m
Rbw - single level dwg with internal dbl gge, three bedrooms, three bathrooms, wc, open kitchen, living dining area with covered deck area. New wood fire, water tanks & on-site waste wate
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$480k
Rbw - partial reclad to existing 2 storey, 4-bdrm dwg. New joinery, & new lintels in select locations.
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg
- New homes$1.1m
Construction of single-storey four bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Rbw - new concrete gge floor design. Removal of retaining wall handrail on tier 1 wall.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$18k
Rbw - amendment to lower deck, barriers, access steps.
- New homes$700k
QLCHT two single level, 3 bdrm detached dwgs - 10 & 18 Callaghans Creek Rise
- Alterations and additions$1m
Rbw - additions & alterations to existing single level dwg comprising: a new cabana & dining & ensuite, changes to hip roofs to gables, existing interior refurbishment, new dbl glazing
- New homes$650k
New dwg with attached gge & install yunca xander insert heater
- New homes$1.5m
Construction of 2 x two storey dwg with attached gge
- Pools and spas$95k
Rbw - pool, spa pool, sunken seating, pool fencing, paved area, & decking area only.
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Rbw - to extend the existing dwg with a 47sqm dbl gge & replace leaking water tank.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install replacement inbuilt woodfire & flue into timber cavity & timber chimney (metro mega smart)
- Alterations and additions$350k
R1 - additions & alterations to one storey detached dwg. New extension to dwg, consisting of 2 new bedrooms & bathrm. New off street parking & new retaining walls.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$19k
Amendment - northeast side retaining - changed to sed driven piles with face fixed railing. Southwest side retaining - changed to 2 tiers of retaining wall. House driven pile foundation amended
- Pools and spas$18k
Installation of swimming pool fence (proposed pool under 35,000 liters, exempt work, no part of this consent)
- Pools and spas$50k
Install new in ground fibreglass swimming pool, soldier piles & associated pool fencing.
- Alterations and additions$40k
Rbw. Remove existing & rebuild walls for a new ensuite to master bdrm, direct fixed timber rusticated weatherboard cladding on new external walls, new skylight for ensuite. Straighten one externa
- Alterations and additions$19k
Rbw - minor internal ensuite renovations & waterproofing of bathrooms. Modification to existing shed to raise stud height.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Installation of a biolytix bf6 (3000) on-site wastewater treatment system for a proposed four-bdrm dwg, with effluent discharged via surface-laid pressure compensating dripper irrigation (pcdi
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations to create open plan living area, & master bdrm to have ensuite
- Fires and heating$7,523
Remove existing fire & flue. Install new fire & flue (metro xtreme rad woody)
- New homes$1m
New 4 bdrm residence
- Alterations and additions$750k
Rbw - new single storey extension to existing kitchen & two storey extension via corridor off second lounge, including one bdrm, one ensuite. Decks to north, east, west & south of the extension
- New homes$850k
Rbw- construction of single level dwg, with three bedrooms, snug, bathrm, ensuite, laundry, open plan kitchen living dining & detached dbl gge. Upgrade of existing onsite ww system, a
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Sandspit?
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.