Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tomarata
17,131 new homes were consented in the Auckland council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $3.37b of non-residential building work, up 5% on the year before. In the statistical area around Tomarata, 25 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 11 consents we hold in Tomarata, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Auckland council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Tomarata’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Auckland, 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 21,301 in 2022.
New homes in Tomarata
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tomarata sits in (Cape Rodney) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 16 houses, 9 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 — Auckland, 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$753m
43 buildings · 26,927 m² new floor area · $8,567/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$631m
84 buildings · 233,139 m² new floor area · $2,450/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Education$590m
77 buildings · 54,555 m² new floor area · $8,792/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$402m
44 buildings · 21,405 m² new floor area · $14,113/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$307m
32 buildings · 40,270 m² new floor area · $4,291/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$219m
29 buildings · 19,980 m² new floor area · $6,216/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$197m
11 buildings · 25,285 m² new floor area · $7,276/m² new · +218% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$167m
29 buildings · 11,019 m² new floor area · $3,823/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$75.4m
17 buildings · 13,619 m² new floor area · $3,956/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Farm buildings$26.2m
121 buildings · 68,341 m² new floor area · $353/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in Tomarata
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 11 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 2025. 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 additions3
typically $150k
- New homes2
typically $1.2m
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $55k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $7m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
11 consents
- New homes$1.2m
Rbw - new one-storey dwg with two bedrooms, one bathrm, & games room; detached dbl gge with laundry; private sw & ww drainage with onsite dispersal.
- Alterations and additions$150k
RBW proposed outbuilding intended use as a gym for the existing house. Building footprint is rectangular in shape, 40m2 floor area, single story construction.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$7m
Rbw - new single level dwg with four-bedrooms, four-bathrooms, kitchen, scullery, dining, media & utility rooms. Separated gge & studio. Swimming pool, gas fireplace & wastewater system.
- Alterations and additions$28k
Rbw - kitchen & bathrm renovation new timber joinery in east wall at bdrm 3
- Alterations and additions$175k
Rbw - amendment to remove the metal cladding over the rammed earth wall at the main entry
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Garage
- New homes$1.1m
rbw - new 358m2 2 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg with laundry & study, internal covered area & dbl gge, carport & decking including new septic drainage. Spa pool on deck & solid fuel heater.
- Pools and spas$95k
new ring 12 x 4.35 m ring fenced concrete swimming pool with fresh water sanitisation system & cartridge filter.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$100k
rbw - amendment to revise the cladding system & add decks & verandah's to the sleepout buildings
- Alterations and additions$138k
dismantle & remove the existing bridge. Construct a new 15m x 4m single span bridge using prefabricated components manufactured off site.
- Alterations and additions$350k
owner builder - rbw - new two-storey accessory building, including workshop, one bathrm, family room with decks & new effluent system. New deck & pool area off the existing house to be constructed under schedule 1.
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Near Tomarata
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tomarata?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17,131 new homes consented in the Auckland council area, with $8.53b of residential and $3.37b 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.