Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Wilton
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 Wilton itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 138 consents we hold in Wilton, 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 Wilton’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 Wilton
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Wilton. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Wilton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 138 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 additions38
4 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Fires and heating22
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Retaining walls8
typically $35k
- New homes4
typically $425k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
typically $34k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,887
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $150k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $16k
- Insulation1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $14k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $330kR3 - additions & alt to 2 storey detached dwg - remedial works involving full re-roof, partial re-cladding & replacement of joinery. Demolish chimney, reconfigure bathrm & entry add. 40 Worcester Street
- $160kR2 - alterations to existing two-storey detached dwg. 49 Gloucester Street
- $90kR1 - add & alt to existing detached dwg. New bedrooms, ensuite, & deck. Renovations to existing entry & bathrm. 163 Wilton Road
- $44kR2 - alterations to two bathrooms with new tiled showers in two storey detached dwg. 139 Pembroke Road
- $30kR2 - alterations to two storey detached dwg. Bathrm alts, removing wall to create bigger bathrm. 8 Stratford Way
138 consents
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$90k
R1 - add & alt to existing detached dwg. New bedrooms, ensuite, & deck. Renovations to existing entry & bathrm.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment 1 - change of emergency lighting design for nzbc f6 compliance
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner kent Benmore & kent freestanding flue kit
- Demolition$330k
R3 - additions & alt to 2 storey detached dwg - remedial works involving full re-roof, partial re-cladding & replacement of joinery. Demolish chimney, reconfigure bathrm & entry add.
- Fires and heating$8,500
R1 - remove existing freestanding woodburner & replace with new
- Insulation$14k
R2 - owner builder - insulation & reline to lounge & bdrm of two-storey detached dwg.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,800
R1 - minor works - alterations to existing drainage.
- Commercial alterations$16k
Rbw- internal alterations to existing attached multi-unit dwg to add an ensuite, change office to a bdrm.
- Fires and heating$6,832
To remove gas fire & install a Masport Akaroa wood burner with ashpan, flue & flue shield with a villaboard heat shield to comply with nzs2918
- Alterations and additions$30k
R2 - alterations to two storey detached dwg. Bathrm alts, removing wall to create bigger bathrm.
- Alterations and additions$160k
R2 - alterations to existing two-storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$44k
R2 - alterations to two bathrooms with new tiled showers in two storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$70k
Alterations to existing building including new kitchen, laundry
- Alterations and additions$30k
R3 - removal of wall, new beam & pile in three storey detached dwg.
- Retaining walls$25k
R1 - new engineered timber pole retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$130k
R2 - additions & alterations to existing 2x detached dwgs (201 & 201a).
- Alterations and additions$200k
R1 - alterations to single storey detached dwg - renovation to kitchen. Alterations, replacement & infilling of windows.
- Fires and heating$5,500
Replace existing with metro wee rad base ca freestanding woodburner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
R3 - alt to existing two-storey detached dwg involving remedial recladding & existing joinery units replaced.
- Fires and heating$3,000
R1 - replacement of existing woodburner with freestanding woodburner yunca oscar.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$8,000
R1 - new deck on existing single storey dwg.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Add to dwg - erect deck with access stair
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$530k
R2 - add & alt to 2 storey detached dwg involving deck alt, extension, roof & wall cladding & insulation.
- Retaining walls$60k
R1 - new retaining wall.
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Wilton?
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.