You need to complete and submit a building permit application in order to build a home or cottage on your property.
Fees
Fees are based on estimated construction value. It costs $150 as a base rate plus the following additional fees as necessary:
- $1.19 per square foot for residential dwellings and additions
- $0.36 per square foot of unfinished basement or crawlspace
- $0.74 per square foot of finished basement or crawlspace
- $0.36 per square foot for docks and decks
- $0.46 per square foot for an accessory building such as a garage, shed, gazebo or boat port
A fee of $10.00 per fixture will apply for any new plumbing fixture.
Fees are indexed on January 1 of each year.
Building permit checklist
Please include the following information with your application:
- Schedule 1
- site plan (view a sample site plan)
- engineered lot grading plan (two paper copies)
- construction drawings (two paper copies, full size and to scale)
- digital construction drawings and engineered lot grading plan
- letter of authorization, if applicable
- HVAC (includes heat loss/gain, layout, calculations)
- energy efficiency design summary
- sewage system design specifications, if applicable
- sewage system plan view, if applicable
- Schedule 2, if applicable
- any applicable approvals (Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Trent-Severn Waterway)