Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Aro Valley
824 new homes were consented in the Wellington City council area in the year to September 2026, up 66% on the year before. They also consented $377m of non-residential building work, down 45% on the year before. In Aro Valley itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 21 consents we hold in Aro Valley, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Wellington City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Aro Valley’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Wellington City, 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 1,429 in 2019.
New homes in Aro Valley
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Aro Valley. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — Wellington City, 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$153m
8 buildings · 10,560 m² new floor area · $2,610/m² new · −55% on the year before
- Education$97.7m
9 buildings · 9,454 m² new floor area · $7,951/m² new · +174% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$48.9m
3 buildings · 511 m² new floor area · $27,789/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$23.9m
1 building · −71% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$23.5m
+467% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$17.7m
1 building · 166 m² new floor area · $3,163/m² new · +60% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$7.1m
+44% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.4m
1 building · −98% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 545 m² new floor area · $1,734/m² new · +1488% on the year before
- Farm buildings$105k
1 building · 84 m² new floor area · $1,250/m² new · +5% on the year before
Consents on record in Aro Valley
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 21 from 1 Dec 2020 to 1 Feb 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.
- Alterations and additions5
typically $55k
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $3,500
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $127k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $5,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $50k
- New homes1
typically $300k
- Retaining walls1
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
- $4,000R2 - minor works - installation of a new freestanding masport clutha with new flashings & eco flue. 92 Raroa Road
21 consents
- Fires and heating$4,000
R2 - minor works - installation of a new freestanding masport clutha with new flashings & eco flue.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
C3 - new deck to 3 storey multi unit dwg & alterations to the bathrm on the ground floor.
- Alterations and additions$55k
R2 - bathrm alt in existing 2 storey detached dwg.
- Fires and heating$3,000
R2 - freestanding solid fuel wood burner.
- Garages, sheds and carports$127k
R1 - new gge on piles. Demolish existing gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
C1 - alterations to two-storey multi-unit dwg. New cladding to the gge, ground floor & sub-floor. New joinery, woodburner, deck & stairs.
- Alterations and additions$70k
R1 - new timber catch fence & anchored mesh facing to remediate a slip at rear of property. aka 73 Holloway Rd (flat 1)
- Retaining walls$20k
R1 - new retaining wall.
- New homes$300k
R2 - new single storey detached dwg to use sip wall & roof construction
- Fires and heating$3,000
R2 - new freestanding kanuku woodsman woodburner. (aka 32a holloway Rd)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
R1 - quick - new external plumbing works connecting new stormwater to mains from single storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$6,000
R1 - existing feestanding detached dwg. Installation firenzo Napier free standing wood burner & flue into an existing masonry cavity.
- Alterations and additions$95k
R2 - alt to an existing two storey building. Alterations to the kitchen, bathrooms, & stairs.
- Garages, sheds and carports$550k
R2 - additions & alterations to two-storey detached dwg & new shed.
- Alterations and additions$15k
R1 - portal quick - internal alterations to one storey detached dwg. New beam.
- Fires and heating$6,000
R1 - portal quick - new freestanding bionicfire woodburner through new penetrations.
- Alterations and additions$120k
R2 - additions & alterations to two storey detached dwg. Sub-floor internal alt. Carpark structure with retaining walls & deck.
- Alterations and additions$214k
R3 - additions & alterations to three storey detached dwg. Extension of top floor to include living room & study
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$90k
C1 - alt to multi unit dwg. Conversion of existing gge/sleepout into one bdrm dwg.
- New homes$800k
R3 - new 2 storey detached 2 bdrm dwg with carport
- Alterations and additions$40k
C1 - upgrade of existing entry decks & balustrades to two storey multi unit dwg.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Aro Valley?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 824 new homes consented in the Wellington City council area, with $394m of residential and $377m 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.