Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Thorndon
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 Thorndon itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 113 consents we hold in Thorndon, 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 Thorndon’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 Thorndon
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Thorndon North, Thorndon South. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 2 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 Thorndon
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 113 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jun 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 additions44
6 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Fires and heating7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,900
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening7
typically $75k
- Insulation5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Pools and spas3
typically $60k
- Retaining walls2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $231k
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $975k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $15k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $120k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $650kR2 - new two-storey detached dwg. 10 Glenbervie Terrace
- $437kR2 - add & alt to two-storey detached dwg. New deck, bathrooms, stair, laundry, kitchen, & joinery. 27 Grant Road
- $80kR2 - addtion & alt to 2 storey detached dwg - dining room extension. 38 Hobson Street
- $75kR3 - alt to 3 storey detached dwg - renovation of bathrm & ensuite. 19 Grant Road
- $40kR2- alterations to two storey detached dwg. New wc & laundry layout. 109 Grant Road
113 consents
- Retaining walls$40k
R1 - replacement of existing retaining wall.
- Alterations and additions$40k
R2- alterations to two storey detached dwg. New wc & laundry layout.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
R2 - minor works - flat 1 - install waterproof membrane to upper level shower walls.
- New homes$650k
R2 - new two-storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$75k
R3 - alt to 3 storey detached dwg - renovation of bathrm & ensuite.
- Alterations and additions$80k
R2 - addtion & alt to 2 storey detached dwg - dining room extension.
- Insulation$9,000
R2 - notification of blown-in insulation exemption.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a pyro classic mini free standing wood fire with standard flue kit & wall screens
- Alterations and additions$5,000
R2 - minor works - tiling of new shower walls only.
- Alterations and additions$20k
R1 - alterations to existing one-storey detached dwg. Involves enlarging the existing bathrm to accommodate new shower & reconfiguration of laundry.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$437k
R2 - add & alt to two-storey detached dwg. New deck, bathrooms, stair, laundry, kitchen, & joinery.
- Insulation$4,000
R2 - notification of blown-in insulation exemption.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$20k
R2 - partial subfloor alterations, new bearers, piles & subfloor bracing to existing two storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$18k
R2 - alterations to two storey detached dwg, alterations to existing bathrm including wet area membrane to walls & floor (aka 11 Glenbervie terrace - unit b)
- Fires and heating$3,000
R3 - installation of new freestanding solid fuel burner.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$100k
R1 - repile & floor level raising of single storey detached dwg. New deck & external stairs. Consent granted subject to section 72.
- Alterations and additions$62k
R2 - alterations to existing two-storey detached dwg. New ensuite
- Fires and heating$5,500
Fire installation - freestanding masport heartland wood burner
- Alterations and additions$1
For the construction of unit b, amended off building consent sr24005
- Alterations and additions$500k
Upgrading the lv main switchboard. As part of the upgrade works a new egress path is required, a new door in the msb room to exit through the bin room into the existing corridor.
- Alterations and additions$4,380
R3 - minor works - new entry door into living room of 2 storey attached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$8,000
R1 - additions & alterations to one storey detached dwg. Bathrm alts, additional plumbing fixture. Window & wall alts.
- Alterations and additions$130k
R3 - homeowner exemption - alterations to two storey dwg. Internal reconfigurations & renovations.
- Alterations and additions$400k
R2 - alterations to existing detached dwg. Demolish bdrm & internal adjustment. New doors & deck.
- Alterations and additions$55k
R2 - alterations to two-storey detached dwg. Bathrm relocation.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Thorndon?
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.