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Plan Review fees

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The GRCA provides plan review and technical clearance services to municipalities for Planning Act applications to ensure they meet GRCA and provincial environmental policies. The GRCA also provides advisory comments to the municipality for Aggregate Act applications. 

The sections below list the fees for review of Planning Act and Aggregate Act applications. These fees are also summarized in the current fee schedule (719KB PDF) which became effective January 1, 2023.  

Applicants are encouraged to consult with Resource Planning Staff prior to submission of all applications to determine the extent and nature of the information required to accompany the application and to determine the appropriate fee.

GRCA plan review comments will include notes on the correct fee due. For details on payment, see 'Payment of Fees' section below. 

Subdivision and vacant land condominium
  • Fee: $2,505 base fee plus $1,305 per net hectare
  • Applicant driven modification: $1,670
  • Final clearance for registration of each stage (technical review required): $6,708
  • Final clearance processing fee (no reports or review required): $255
  • Fourth and subsequent submission (same report): $575

The combination of the base fee and the fee per net hectare will be capped at $30,000.

The net hectare fee will be based on the initial submission and will exclude lands outside of the development limit (for example natural hazard, natural heritage areas and buffers).

Stormwater management facilities and other open space or park uses are to be included in the net hectare fee calculation.

At the submission of the application, 70 percent of the combined base fee and per net hectare fee is required. Prior to issuance of conditions of draft plan approval, the remaining 30 percent of the fee is required.

A processing fee will apply for a subdivision or condominium application where no technical review or reports are required (for example no erosion and sediment control plans, stormwater management brief, etc.).
Official Plan and/or Zoning Bylaw amendment 
  • Major: $2,500
  • Minor: $465

Major plan reviews have a high or moderate hazard risk and/or potential impact on natural hazards or natural features. Detailed plans are required. One or more technical reports (may be scoped) are required. 
Consent
  • Major: $1,185
  • Minor: $465

Major plan reviews have a high or moderate hazard risk and/or potential impact on natural hazards or natural features. Detailed plans are required. One or more technical reports (may be scoped) are required. 
Minor variance
  • Major: $675
  • Minor: $300

Major plan reviews have a high or moderate hazard risk and/or potential impact on natural hazards or natural features. Detailed plans are required. One or more technical reports (may be scoped) are required. 
Site plan approval applications
  • Major: $3,515
  • Minor: $465

Major plan reviews have a high or moderate hazard risk and/or potential impact on natural hazards or natural features. Detailed plans are required. One or more technical reports (may be scoped) are required. 
Complex applications
  • Fee: $10,230

This includes applications involving an official plan amendment, zoning change and/or site plan approval for golf courses, trailer parks, campgrounds and lifestyle communities. 
Below water table aggregate applications
  • No features of interest within 120 metres of licence limit: $10,230
  • Features of interest within 120 metres of licence limit: $42,850

Features of interest include all natural heritage, natural hazard and surface water features.
 Above water table aggregate applications
  • No features of interest within 120 metres of licence limit: $465
  • Features of interest within 120 metres of licence limit: $10,230

Features of interest include all natural heritage, natural hazard and surface water features.
Payment of fees
  • Plan applications that fall into one or more categories will be charged one fee at the highest rate.
  • The GRCA may provide a refund or require the applicant to submit additional money for a plan review fee if an incorrect fee has been submitted.
  • To pay plan review fees, you can attach a cheque to your mailed application, or mail a cheque after you receive an invoice to: The Grand River Conservation Authority, 400 Clyde Road, P.O. Box 729, Cambridge, Ontario, N1R 5W6.
  • Please address cheques to 'The Grand River Conservation Authority' and include either application number, address or invoice number in the cheque memo. 
  • To arrange alternative methods of payment, please contact Kyla Wendland at 519-621-2763 extension 2004. Please reference application number, address or invoice number. 

 

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