Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Newlands
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 Newlands itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 328 consents we hold in Newlands, 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 Newlands’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 Newlands
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Newlands North, Newlands East. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 2 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 Newlands
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 328 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 additions69
12 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- New homes45
3 in the last 12 months · typically $600k
- Fires and heating28
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Retaining walls7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening7
typically $320k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $34k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,000
- Multiple homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.4m
- Insulation4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.7mR3 - 6 x two storey townhouses with site retaining walls 114A Newlands Road
- $880kR2- new two storey detached dwg with attached gge. 43 Boeing Way
- $669kRbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge 101A Black Rock Road
- $300kNew 3 bdrm dwg with attached single gge. Council ww 2 Alder Place
- $200kR3 - change of use - extension to existing two storey dwg to create additional unit. 42 Horokiwi Road West
328 consents
- Alterations and additions$150k
R1 - add & alt to existing detached dwg. Replacement of cladding. New dbl-glazed windows & doors, & reconfiguration of kitchen, laundry & bathrm.
- Retaining walls$40k
R1 - new timber retaining wall to replace existing
- Alterations and additions$18k
R1 - alt to single-storey dwg laundry & external door
- Fires and heating$6,000
R1 - minor work - existing single-storey dwg - add of new woodsman flare solid fuel woodburner & remove existing wood-burner.
- Alterations and additions$18k
C1 - alt & add of new bathrm. Aka 131a ruskin Rd
- Insulation$50k
R1 - alterations to existing detached dwg. New insulation & bracing. Add of two lintels.
- Alterations and additions$200k
R3 - change of use - extension to existing two storey dwg to create additional unit.
- Alterations and additions$30k
R1 - alt to single storey detached dwg.
- New homes$880k
R2- new two storey detached dwg with attached gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
R2 - new & altered framing to attached gge along with recladding on east wall in two storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$30k
R2 - alt to existing two-storey detached dwg.
- New homes$669k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$50k
R2 - alt to 2 storey detached dwg - remediation work to dwg roof & carport after storm damage.
- Commercial alterations$98k
Construct a 135m2 truck shed & workshop.
- Fires and heating$7,700
Inbuilt sfh metro Ltd smart
- Alterations and additions$35k
R1 - alt to 1 storey detached dwg - alt internal walls & bathrm renovation
- Alterations and additions$45k
C1 - change of use - additions & alterations to exisitng two-storey detached dwg. Includes converting existing basement into self contained accommodation.
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
R2 - alt to exisitng two-storey detached dwg. Gge is converted into a rumpus.
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal alterations - altering layout to accommodate a new bathrm
- Alterations and additions$120k
R2 - alterations to existing two-storey detached dwg.
- Garages, sheds and carports$18k
R2 - alterations to two-storey detached dwg. New piles, lintels & gge door.
- Fires and heating$5,000
R2 - minor works - installation of a freestanding woodsman flare woodburner.
- New homes$300k
New 3 bdrm dwg with attached single gge. Council ww
- Fit-outs$180k
Interior alt & new bathrm add + new gge/workshop
- Alterations and additions$90k
R2 - demolition of existing walls in basement & creation of 2 new bedrooms & bathrooms in 2 storey detached dwg.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Newlands?
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.