Executive summary

This is the first monitoring report for Tāmaki – Whenua Taurikura Auckland Future Development Strategy 2023-2053 (FDS). It builds on the monitoring report for the Auckland Plan 2050 Development Strategy (the Development Strategy).

This report monitors building consents and Code Compliance Certificates issued for residential dwellings and business floor space across Auckland. It also monitors the FDS Actions.

This reporting year covers the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Residential and business building consents

The number and location of residential dwelling building consents and completions in 2023/2024 broadly support the implementation of the quality compact approach and the multi-nodal model in the FDS.

Despite overall consents being down 27 per cent compared to the previous reporting year, the pattern of growth is similar to what has been observed over the past five years. Across the existing urban area, the proportion of dwellings consented for more intensive typology (apartment units and townhouses) has consistently been higher than consents for standalone houses.

Some key findings from the 2023/2024 monitoring report are:

• 13,855 dwellings were consented in 2023/2024, a decrease of 27 per cent from the previous year
• 82 per cent of these dwellings were consented in the existing urban area
• 13 per cent of these dwellings were consented in future urban areas
• 5 per cent of these dwellings were consented in rural areas
• apartment units and townhouses and other units accounted for 68 per cent of all dwellings consented in 2023/2024 compared with 72 per cent in 2022/2023
• standalone houses accounted for 30 per cent of all dwellings consented in 2023/2024 compared with 23 per cent in 2022/2023
• 3,151 dwellings, 23 per cent of the total dwellings consented, were within 1,500m catchments of rapid transit stations
• 19,229 dwellings were issued with a Code Compliance Certificate in 2023/2024
• 735,788 square metres of business floor space was consented in 2023/2024 compared with 493,472 square metres in 2022/2023
• most business floor space consented was in areas zoned for light industry. ...

Auckland Council, December 2024

See also

Auckland Future Development Strategy 2023-2053 

Future Development Strategy progress

The Auckland Plan 2050