Figure 6 Total number of building consent applications issued for new dwellings and council performance, 2018/19 to 2022/23

Graph shows that the number of councils processing between 95% and 100% of building consent applications has decreased from 41 to 23 between 2018/19 and 2022/23. The graph also shows that the number of building consent applications to be processed has increased significantly during this period, with a peak of 50,736 building consent applications in 2021/22.