Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Highbury
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 the statistical area around Highbury, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 38 consents we hold in Highbury, 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 Highbury’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 Highbury
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Highbury sits in (Aro Valley) — the suburb is smaller than one. 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 Highbury
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 38 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jul 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 additions10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $71k
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,750
- Retaining walls3
typically $130k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $33k
- New homes2
typically $660k
- Insulation1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Multiple homes1
typically $3.5m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $200kR1 - new proposed pile & anchor wall - new timber deck. 7 Broomhill Road
- $200kR3 - owner builder - add & alt to 2 storey detached dwg - reconfigure dwg with new veranda & porch. New skylights & repiling of dwg. 28 Highbury Road
- $119kR1 - anchored shotcrete wall to remediate a slip 19 Highbury Crescent
- $15kR2 - alt to existing two-storey detached dwg including the ensuite, tiled shower & waterproof membrane. 31 Highbury Crescent
- $7,000R1 - notification of blown-in insulation exemption. 29 Disley Street
38 consents
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$200k
R1 - new proposed pile & anchor wall - new timber deck.
- Fires and heating$6,000
R2 - new freestanding wood burner.
- Alterations and additions$15k
R2 - alt to existing two-storey detached dwg including the ensuite, tiled shower & waterproof membrane.
- Alterations and additions$200k
R3 - owner builder - add & alt to 2 storey detached dwg - reconfigure dwg with new veranda & porch. New skylights & repiling of dwg.
- Insulation$7,000
R1 - notification of blown-in insulation exemption.
- Alterations and additions$119k
R1 - anchored shotcrete wall to remediate a slip
- Retaining walls$100k
R1 - new shotcrete & anchor retaining wall with vehicle barrier & access steps.
- Retaining walls$130k
R1 - new timber pole retaining wall.
- Retaining walls$165k
R1 - new shotcrete retaining wall to remediate slip
- Fires and heating$3,000
R3 - minor works - new metro smart insert ht inbuilt woodbuner with eco flue kit.
- New homes$520k
R2 - new two storey detached dwg.
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
R1 - detached gge replacement.
- Alterations and additions$300k
R2- additions & alterations to existing two storey detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
R3 - exterior alterations to deck & gge. Reclad of separate gge. Replacement balustrade to 2 storey detached dwg. - alternative solution to E2.3.2.
- Alterations and additions$1,500
R2 - minor works - waterproofing membrane for bathrm in 2 storey detached dwg
- Multiple homes$3.5m
Construction of 11 dwgs in 5 block of 2 multi-unit dwgs & 1 detached dwg - subject to a section 77 notice
- Alterations and additions$22k
R3 - alt. Interior renovation work to two rooms: a laundry & a bathrm which includes additional toilet, relocation of washer & dryer, replacement of sinks, enlarge existing bathrm, additional bath, replacement & relocation of shower.
- Fires and heating$20k
R1 - new freestanding woodsman Brunner woodburner
- Alterations and additions$11k
C3 - new shower to an existing bathrm in a six storey dwg.
- Alterations and additions$250k
R3 - alt to two-storey detached dwg. Internal renovation. New ensuite.
- Alterations and additions$20k
R1 - re lining & tiling of ensuite. Existing fibreglass shower to be replaced with tiled wet floor
- Fires and heating$5,500
R2 - quick - install new woodsman serene petite freestanding woodburner.
- Alterations and additions$190k
R2 - alterations & additions to two-storey, detached dwg. Consent granted subject to s67 modification to clause c3.6 & c3.7.
- New homes$800k
R3 - new two storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$250k
R2 - additions & alterations to two storey detached dwg. Internal alterations to bathrm, bdrm & hallway.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Highbury?
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.