Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Brooklyn
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 Brooklyn itself, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 32 consents we hold in Brooklyn, 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 Brooklyn’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 Brooklyn
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Brooklyn North, Brooklyn East, Brooklyn South. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 2 townhouses and units, 1 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 Brooklyn
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 32 from 1 Aug 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.
- Alterations and additions6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $13k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
4 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Fires and heating3
typically $6,000
- New homes2
typically $1.2m
- Farm buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Demolition1
typically $120k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $80k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kR1 - alterations to existing detached dwg & new layout. 55 Apuka Street
- $50kR1 - pole shed gge & workshop 331 Southernthread Road
- $30kR1 - plumbing works for sleepouts 692 Southernthread Road
- $15kR1 - wastewater treatment system & other plumbing works. New sprinkler system to existing building. 334 Southernthread Road
- $15kR1 - wastewater treatment system & other plumbing works. New sprinkler system to existing dwg. 370 Southernthread Road
32 consents
- Farm buildings$50k
R1 - pole shed gge & workshop
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
R1 - plumbing works for sleepouts
- Alterations and additions$15k
R3 - alt to 3 storey detached dwg - bathrm renovation & new sink to study
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
R1 - wastewater treatment system & other plumbing works. New sprinkler system to existing dwg.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
R1 - wastewater treatment system & other plumbing works. New sprinkler system to existing dwg.
- Alterations and additions$150k
R1 - alterations to existing detached dwg & new layout.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
R1 - wastewater treatment system & other plumbing works. New sprinkler system to existing building.
- Alterations and additions$10k
R3 - replace tiles & membrane in the ensuite & upstairs bathrm showers.
- Demolition$120k
R2 - additions & alterations to single storey detached dwg - demolish north & east porches, demolish chimneys, partial demolition of west porch for kitcken extension.
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
R3 - construction of a new freestanding dbl gge. Reconfigure access stairs to the main dwgs deck.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$10k
R1 - new water connection to studio & stormwater drainage for driveway.
- Fires and heating$7,500
R2 - minor works - new metro wee rad freestanding woodburner with new flue system.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
R3 - alterations to three-storey multi-unit dwg. Deck replacement & partial re-clad.
- New homes$1.4m
R2 - new one storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$50k
R3 - alt to 3 storey semi-detached dwg - WT remediation to replace membrane deck, pailings & parts of cladding/framing
- New homes$1m
R2 - new 3 bdrm dwg with onsite septic system.
- Alterations and additions$7,000
R1 - minor works - internal alt to detached dwg. New ensuite bathrm
- Alterations and additions$9,250
R2 - minor work - removal of wall & new beam.
- Fires and heating$5,000
R1 - portal quick - solid fuel burner.
- Fires and heating$6,000
R1 - portal quick - new freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$85k
R1 - internal alterations to one storey detached dwg. New ensuite & bathrm
- New homes$150k
R2- new one storey dwg over a new single car gge.
- Alterations and additions$4,800
R1 - portal quick - installation of a freestanding firenzo Napier through a new penetration.
- Alterations and additions$60k
R2 - internal alterations to two storey detached dwg. New dbl glazed windows. Removing the basement workshop area & reconstructing it.
- Alterations and additions$60k
R1 - owner/builder exemption - stage 2 of 2 - laundry add, renovate bathrooms, install woodburner & close off former entrance
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Brooklyn?
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.