Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Crofton Downs
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 Crofton Downs itself, 35 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 131 consents we hold in Crofton Downs, 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 Crofton Downs’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 Crofton Downs
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Crofton Downs. In the year to September 2026: 11 houses, 1 townhouses and units, 23 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 Crofton Downs
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 131 from 1 Oct 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 homes34
6 in the last 12 months · typically $592k
- Alterations and additions24
9 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Fires and heating8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,700
- Retaining walls3
typically $30k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
typically $35k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $4,500
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $300k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $150k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $22k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.8mC2 - stage 2 - three storey multi-unit res building & 1x two storey multi unit dwg 2 Thatcher Crescent
- $750kR2 - new two storey detached dwg. 162 Silverstream Road
- $672kR3 - new 2 storey detached dwg. 174 Silverstream Road
- $646kR2 - new two storey detached dwg with attached gge. 172 Silverstream Road
- $540kR1 - new single storey detached dwg. 127 Silverstream Road
131 consents
- Alterations and additions$100k
C1 - alterations of lower floor to create an additional unit in 2 storey multi unit dwg.
- New homes$672k
R3 - new 2 storey detached dwg.
- New homes$2.8m
C2 - stage 2 - three storey multi-unit res building & 1x two storey multi unit dwg
- New homes$750k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg.
- Fires and heating$9,000
R2 - install masport Akaroa mk ii freestanding woodbunrer to living room.
- Alterations and additions$15k
R2 - internal alterations to existing two-storey detached dwg. Includes the removal of an internal wall & relocating the laundry.
- Alterations and additions$300k
R2 - site works including slab, vehicle access & services for placement of two storey detached dwg modular home on lot 4
- Alterations and additions$300k
R2 - site works including slab, vehicle access & services for placement of two storey detached dwg modular home on lot 3.
- Alterations and additions$300k
R2 - site works including slab, vehical access & services for placement of two storey detached modular home on lot 2
- Alterations and additions$300k
R2 - site works including slab, vehicle access & services for placement of two storey detached dwg modular home on lot 1
- Alterations and additions$300k
R1 - site works including slab, vehicle access & services for placement of single storey detached dwg modular home on lot 5
- Alterations and additions$300k
R2 - site works including slab, vehicle access & services for placement of two storey detached dwg modular home on lot 6
- New homes$646k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- Relocated buildings$300k
R3 - foundations, plumbing services, & module connections only for a relocated building.
- Alterations and additions$300k
R2 - site works including slab, vehical access & services for placement of two storey detached dwg modular home on lot 9
- New homes$500k
R3 - new 2 storey detached dwg & associated timber retaining wall.
- New homes$540k
R1 - new single storey detached dwg.
- New homes$812k
R2 - new two-storey detached dwg.
- New homes$581k
R1 - new single storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- New homes$561k
R1 - new single storey detached dwg.
- New homes$515k
R1 - new one-storey detached dwg.
- New homes$524k
R1 - new single storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$300k
R2 - foundations, plumbing services, & module connections only for a modular house for lot 7.
- New homes$717k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg with gge
- Fires and heating$7,300
R2 - minor works - install metro wee rad base freestanding woodburner in lounge.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Crofton Downs?
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.