New Homes or Cottages
You need to complete and submit a building permit application in order to build or renovate a home or cottage on your property.
Fees
It costs $150 as a base rate plus the following additional fees as necessary:
- $0.88 per square foot for residential dwellings and additions
- $0.27 per square foot of unfinished basement or crawlspace
- $0.55 per square foot of finished basement or crawlspace
- $0.55 per square foot of foundation repairs and raising the building
- $0.55 per square foot to renovate existing space in all classes
Building permit checklist
Please include the following information with your application:
- Schedule 1
- site plan (view a sample site plan)
- engineering lot grade plan (two paper copies)
- construction drawings (two paper copies, full size and to scale)
- digital construction drawings and engineered lot grading submission
- letter of authorization, if applicable
- HVAC (includes heat loss/gain, layout, calculations)
- energy efficiency design summary
- sewage system design specifications, if applicable
- sewage system play view, if applicable
- Schedule 2, if applicable
- any applicable approvals (Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Trent-Severn Waterway)