Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Glenside
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 Glenside itself, 21 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 41 consents we hold in Glenside, 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 Glenside’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 Glenside
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Glenside-Churton Park East. In the year to September 2026: 21 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 Glenside
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 41 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Oct 2025. 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 homes23
typically $489k
- Alterations and additions4
typically $48k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $152k
- Fires and heating1
typically $6,000
- Multiple homes1
typically $1.1m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $700k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
41 consents
- Alterations and additions$350k
R1 - add & alt to existing single storey detached dwg. New outdoor alfresco living area.
- New homes$449k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg with gge
- New homes$449k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg with attached garag
- New homes$422k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- Multiple homes$1.1m
Rbw- duplex new build consisting of 1 x 3 storey dwg & 1 x 2 storey dwg. Timber frame on concrete slab brick veneer shiplap weatherboard & fibre cement cladding. Metal longrun roof. Timb
- Garages, sheds and carports$4,500
R1 - new additional shower & laundry tub to existing gge.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
R1 - new shower over bath & toilet
- New homes$422k
R3 - new two-storey detached dwg.
- New homes$449k
R2 - new 2 storey detached dwg with 2 claddings.
- New homes$449k
R2 - new two-storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- New homes$449k
R2 - new two-storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
R2 - additions & alterations to two storey detached dwg. New gge, deck & house extension.
- New homes$489k
R2 - new 2 storey detached dwg.
- New homes$1.3m
R2 - new single storey detached dwg.
- New homes$700k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$80k
R2 - internal alt to the existing one storey detached dwg. New foundation & wet area shower.
- New homes$700k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg, with dbl gge.
- New homes$530k
R2 - new detached dwg with gge.
- New homes$486k
R3 - new two-storey detached dwg.
- New homes$486k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg.
- New homes$487k
R2 - new two-storey detached dwg.
- New homes$556k
R2 - new two-storey detached dwg (house 1).
- Fires and heating$6,000
R1 - quick - replacing existing freestanding fireplace.
- New homes$499k
R2 - new 2 storey 4 bdrm dwg, new timber retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$3,000
R1 -quick- removal of non-loadbearing wall, bracing element added.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Glenside?
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.