NVCA staff are pleased to meet with you to discuss any work you have planned. To discuss your proposal, please start by completing our
online property inquiry form. You can also email
permits@nvca.on.ca with your specific questions.
NVCA also offers walk in service for residents to speak to our regulations staff about your property. We recommend coming in on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as our regulations staff has blocked off time to answer all your questions about the NVCA permit process.
During your meeting, staff will review our mapping to see if your property is regulated by NVCA, and whether or not a permit is required from the authority. NVCA encourages pre-consultation prior to making any permit applications.
Permit and Planning Fee Schedule
Fees for planning and development related services under Section 21 (m.1) of the Conservation Authorities Act, as approved by the NVCA Board of Directors, effective December 10, 2021
Contact us before you apply! Before you submit an application, email NVCA planning staff at
permits@nvca.on.ca for a free consultation on your proposal. NVCA staff will go over your proposed plan, help you understand the timeline for application and review, and provide you with application pricing.
Current Permit and Planning Fees
Official Plans and Zonings
Official Plans and Secondary Plans
| General Levy |
Comprehensive Zoning By-law
| General Levy |
| Site Specific Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendments | $520
|
| Additional fee for technical study review | $780 |
Letter of approval
(no technical review or site inspection required) | $105
|
Plan of Subdivision/Condominium
(Residential, Commercial and Industrial)
Minimum Fee
| $13,000 |
| Maximum Fee (See Note 1) | $104,000 |
| Lot/Unit fee and Net hectare fee | $3,425 per hectare |
| Design Resubmission surcharge for subdivisions and residential/mixed use site plans | 3rd Submission - 25% of original fee (maximum charge of $13,000) 4th and subsequent submissions – 50% of original fee (maximum fee of $13,000) |
| Redline Revisions | Minor (Design Change) 25% of original fee (maximum fee of $13,500) Major (Change to Limits of Development) 75% of original fee (not to exceed maximum fee $104,000)
|
Site Plans
Letter of Approval
(no technical review or site inspection required) | $545 |
| Minor: Site Plan Area less than 2 ha | $1,560 |
| Intermediate: Site Plan Area more than 2 ha, less than 4 ha | $5,710 |
| Major: Site Plan Area more than 4 ha (Additional $1,250/ha fee charge for sites over 10 ha.) | $14,005 |
| Site Plan: Residential (multi-unit and/or mixed use) | Use Residential Subdivision Fees |
| Design Resubmission surcharge for non- residential site plans | 3rd Submission - 25% of original fee
4th and subsequent submissions – 50% of original fee
|
Golf Courses
Aggregate Proposals
Minimum fee for Below Water Table
| $13,000 |
| Maximum fee for Below Water Table | $104,000 |
| Net hectare fee for Below Water Table | $1,325/ha |
| Above water table proposals or expanded extraction within a licensed area | $13,000
|
Consents
Base Fee
| $315 |
| Additional fee for technical study review (e.g.,
Stormwater Management Report or
Environmental Impact Study) | $520 |
Letter of approval
(no technical review or site inspection required) | $105
|
Minor Variances
Base Fee
| $210 |
Additional fee for technical study review
(e.g., \Stormwater Management Report or
Environmental Impact Study) | $520 |
Letter of approval
(no technical review or site inspection required) | $105
|
Niagara Escarpment Commission Applications
Base Fee
| $315 |
| Additional fee for technical study review, for example EIS | $520 |
Letter of approval
(no technical review or site inspection required)
| $105
|
Conservation Authorities Act
| Letter of Approval (site inspection not required) | $100 |
| Permit Application Minor Works | $250 |
| Permit Application Intermediate Works | $550 |
| Permit Application Major Works | $1,560 |
| Permit Application Major Works – complex | $3,120 |
| Agricultural Permit Applications (separated in 2016) | |
| Letter of Approval (site inspection not required) | $100 |
| Minor works or works located in regulated adjacent lands | $250 |
| Works located within flood and/or erosion hazard | $550 |
| Unauthorized works | 2 X permit fee |
| Permit application large fill projects: 250 – 1,000 m3 (Permit application for large fill projects - See procedural guidelines for more detail.) | $520 plus $0.80/m3 |
| Permit application large fill projects: more than 1000 m3 | $1,560 plus $0.80/m3 |
| Permit – amendment | 50% of original fee |
| Additional fee for significant technical review | Varies
|
Other
Legal/Real Estate Inquiries
| $210 |
| Legal/Consultant Peer Review Costs (charged on the basis of cost recovery) | Varies |
| Provision of Individual Property Information | $75 |
| Pre-consultations Fee | $550 (without site visit) $1,560 (analysis by one planner and one technical discipline) $3,120 (analysis by one planner and more than one technical discipline)
|
Costs for Mapping/GIS Requests
Fee per map
Pre-made NVCA General Maps (8.5x11 or 11x17 Color)
| $10 |
| Comprehensive Mapping Request (minimum fee) | $2,000
|
Custom Made Maps (data processing fee + printing costs)
| 8.5x11 or 11x17 | $10 |
| 17x22 | $20 |
| 22x34 | $25 |
| 24x36 | $30 |
| Add Ortho Imagery to a 17 X 22 or larger map | Add $10
|
Digital Maps
| Data Processing Fee -The fee for data preparation will be based on an hourly administration cost of the GIS Department's time for compiling and processing the requested information. | Varies
|
Products
| Digital Ortho Imagery | $75 per tile
|
Packaged GIS Datasets
Price will vary depending on level of complexity of the data and the time put into processing i.e., Generic Regulation Mapping $2000 |
Varies
|
Fee Schedule Notes:
- The maximum review fee for plans of subdivision/condominium is $104,000.
- Plans of subdivision/condominium fees may be phased as outlined in NVCA's policy for charging fees if the total fee meets the minimum threshold of $50,000.00.
- NVCA reserves the right to not allow the phasing of fees for development subject to a Minister's Zoning Order (MZO) issued by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
- When processing and reviewing consolidated planning applications (e.g.
Official Plan Amendment/Zoning By-law Amendment/Subdivisions), the higher fee is applicable (including MZOs).
- Plans of subdivision/condominium and site plan fees include permitting fees under NVCA's Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alteration to Shorelines and Watercourses Regulation, Ontario Regulation 172/06.
- Notwithstanding note # 5, permit issuance for works occurring two years after the date of the last NVCA comments on a file will be subject to the relevant permit fee for the scale of the works.
- A net hectare refers to the total area of land available for development. It excludes lands outside of the development limit (e.g., natural hazard, natural heritage areas and buffers).
- NVCA reserves the right to reassess the review fee after 5 years of receipt of the application based on timing and receipt of technical information.
- The applicant will be responsible for any external peer review costs necessary to review submitted technical submissions.
- Alterations or expansions to existing golf courses not requiring Planning Act approvals and within a regulated area will be addressed through the Conservation Authorities Act approval fees.
- Permit approval will not be required from NVCA for certain small-scale projects as outlined in NVCA's Policy for Charging Fees.
- Please see NVCA’s Policy for Charging Fees for further an explanation of the minor, intermediate and major permit fee categories, as well as other matters (e.g., fee exemptions, appeal process, etc.). This document is available at www.nvca.on.ca under Planning & Permits – Policies & Guidelines.
