Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Khandallah
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 Khandallah itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 622 consents we hold in Khandallah, 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 Khandallah’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 Khandallah
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 4 statistical areas that make up most of it: Onslow, Khandallah South, Khandallah North, Khandallah Reserve. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 1 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 Khandallah
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 622 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 additions215
32 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Fires and heating33
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs24
3 in the last 12 months · typically $83k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening21
2 in the last 12 months · typically $120k
- New homes19
4 in the last 12 months · typically $800k
- Garages, sheds and carports17
typically $80k
- Retaining walls16
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $14k
- Insulation5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $8,970
- Multiple homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.6m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8mRbw - proposed 5 x terraced dbl storey dwgs with single internal gge, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & 1 wc. Underground tank. Retaining walls. Intertenancy walls. 6 Lochiel Road
- $1.2mR3 - new 2 storey detached dwg with attached gge. 18A Calcutta Street
- $615kConstruction of single storey dwg with attached gge 3 Ardross Avenue
- $540kConstruction of single storey dwg with attached gge 9 Ardross Avenue
- $500kR2 - additions & alterations to 2 storey detached dwg & new retaining walls. 32 Bengal Street
622 consents
- Alterations and additions$48k
R2 - alterations to single storey detached dwg. Elevate roof. Relocation of wc & laundry. Removal of some existing windows. Re-roofing for lower pitch.
- Insulation$20k
R2 - alterations to existing detached dwg. Reline & insulation of basement level. New bathrm & hwc
- Alterations and additions$150k
C1 - change of use. Conversion of existing ground floor area to create an additional unit.
- Alterations and additions$100k
R2 - alt to existing two-storey detached dwg involving internal renovation & membrane deck
- Alterations and additions$95k
R1 - alt to existing single-storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$8,500
R3 - installation of inbuilt metrofire woodbburner.
- Alterations and additions$9,000
R3 - installation of a new sed beam to 3 storey detached dwg.
- Fires and heating$4,000
R1 - installation of a new Masport Rangitata insert wood-burner into an existing chimney.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
R2 - minor work - alt to 2 story detached dwg. Removal of existing acrylic shower & replaced with new toilet.
- New homes$615k
Construction of single storey dwg with attached gge
- Multiple homes$1.8m
Rbw - proposed 5 x terraced dbl storey dwgs with single internal gge, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & 1 wc. Underground tank. Retaining walls. Intertenancy walls.
- Alterations and additions$25k
Update existing ensuite to tiled wet floor
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$200k
Alterations to dwg - re-clad new aluminium joinery.
- New homes$1.2m
R3 - new 2 storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- Fires and heating$8,900
R1 - install woodsman flare freestanding woodburner to living room.
- Alterations and additions$50k
R1- external alterations to one storey detached dwg. Enclose porch to create internal space.
- New homes$413k
Construction of dwg - off site prefabrication only, installation of escea tfs850 (uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 262237.
- Retaining walls$500k
R2 - additions & alterations to 2 storey detached dwg & new retaining walls.
- New homes$540k
Construction of single storey dwg with attached gge
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
R3 - add & alt to 3 storey detached dwg - in-close veranda on top floor with new skylight & woodburner.
- Alterations and additions$195k
R2 - alt to 2 storey detached dwg - add to ground floor bdrm & first floor living room. Ensuite renovation.
- Alterations and additions$250k
R2 - add & alt to existing detached dwg. Dwg renovation & extension.
- Alterations and additions$70k
R1 - alt to existing single-storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$40k
R2 - alterations to bathrm in existing dwg.
- Alterations and additions$120k
R1 - new single-storey outbuilding.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Khandallah?
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.