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Apply for a pre-submission consultation for the Community Planning Permit

Before you submit a complete Community Planning Permit application, the City of Waterloo requires that applicants have undertaken the pre-submission consultation process. The purpose is for a planner to:

Review the Community Planning Permit System process and identify whether the application is considered a Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 application
Provide preliminary comments in response to the plans submitted
Identify the formal submission materials and plans required to constitute a complete application

Before you start, review the Community Planning Permit web page.

Applications should include at minimum the following:

cover letter with a summary of the proposed development and the application class type
concept plan with drawings
summary of the proposed development
summary of the proposed application including any variations to the Community Planning Permit Bylaw
information about known constraints on or near the subject lands (for example: easements, environmental constraints)

Pre-submission consultation meetings will not be booked until sufficient information has been provided. If additional information is required, staff will contact the proponent or applicant.

Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Personal information on this form is collected under the authority of the Planning Act and will be used to process this application and may be publicly disclosed.

Questions about this collection may be directed to the Commissioner of Integrated Planning and Public Works, Waterloo City Centre, 100 Regina Street South, P.O. Box 337, Station Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2J 4A8. Telephone 519-747-8752.

Pre-screening questions

What type of application are you applying for?

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Not yet known

Date you are making this request

Section 1: Owner and agents information

Who is submitting this application?

Property owner

Agent representing the owner

Registered property owner name(s)

Registered property owner address(es)

Solicitor name

Solicitor address (street, city, province, postal code)

Solicitor email address

Solicitor phone number

Architect or building designer

Architect or building designer address (street, city, province, postal code)

Architect or building designer email address

Architect or building designer phone number

Other critical contact (optional)

Other critical contact address (street, city, province, postal code)

Other critical contact email address

Other critical contact phone number

If applicable, the names and full contact information for civil engineers and firms, lighting consultants, planning consultants, landscape architects, arborists and other experts need to appear on the submitted documents and in the cover letter for the project.

Provide the contact information for persons or institutions with a mortgage charge or encumbrance on the property (include addresses and telephone numbers)

Section 2 - Property details

The following fields are for information about the property subject to this application. Click the "Add another property" button if this application includes more than one subject property.

Municipal street address

Postal code

Legal description

Lot frontage (in metres)

Lot depth (in metres)

Lot flankage (in metres)

Lot area (in metres squared)

Existing use of subject property

How long has the property been used for the existing purpose?

Date that the property was acquired by the current owner

Add another property Remove

Is any part of the property located within an area regulated by the Grand River Conservation Authority?

Yes

Unknown

Provide information about any known constraints on or near the subject lands (for example: easements, environmental constraints)

Is the property located on a Regional Road, Rapid Transit Route, or transit route?

Yes

Is the property subject to a road widening by the city or region?

Yes

Are there any buildings, structures, or features on the subject land or adjacent lands designated under the Ontario Heritage Act or on the Heritage Inventory Register?

Yes

Unknown

Section 3 - Details of existing buildings and structures on the property and plans to change or retain them

Click "Add building or structure" button to add more rows

Are there any existing buildings or structures on the property?

Yes

Section 4 - Planning information

This section contains questions about the proposed site and building plans for the property and how they conform to the Official Plan and the CPP Bylaw.

Regarding the Official Plan

What are the Official Plan designations that apply to the subject property and the land uses the designation permits? Include any applicable Special Policy Areas (SPAs) and any applicable Schedules.

How is the proposed development consistent with the Official Plan policies?

Has the subject property ever been subject to an application for the approval of an Official Plan Amendment, CPP Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, Plan of Subdivision, Site Plan Approval, consent, or minor variance?

Yes

Regarding the Community Planning Permit Bylaw

Tell us the current CPP precinct categories that apply to the subject property (including any site-specific exceptions or existing approved minor variances):

Describe in detail the nature and extent of the CPP being requested, including proposed changes to the current precinct and any site-specific regulations

Describe how the application conforms to the urban design policies of the city’s Official Plan and the city’s Urban Design Manual

Section 5 - Development proposal

Provide a description of the development proposal, including the proposed use, whether the proposed use is a permitted use, and any proposed structures on the subject lands.

Identify any potential off-site or adverse impacts as a result of the development proposal. How have these impacts been mitigated?

How is the development proposal compatible with, and context sensitive, to the planned context and area character?

What makes this development proposal desirable in terms of land use, building or structures?

Does this proposal require a severance, right of way, easement, or lease?

Yes

Complete the following fields for the proposed project. Include the sum of areas for all buildings planned and open areas.

Total area of the property to be built upon including retained buildings (square metres)

Building coverage as a percentage of total property area

Landscaped and open area coverage in percentage of the total property area

Complete the following fields for each proposed building or structure on the subject property. Click "Add building or structure" for each additional one that is proposed.

Description of building or structure type

Total area that building covers (square metres)

Number of storeys

Proposed height (metres)

Distance from front street line (metres)

Distance from rear lot line (metres)

Distance from interior lot line (metres)

Distance from flankage street line (metres)

Distance from the second interior lot line (metres) if applicable

How building area is used

Number of residential units in the building

Provide number of bedrooms

Density (bedrooms per hectare)

Total non-residential floor area (square metres)

Parking and building access

Number of residential parking spaces

Number of non-residential parking spaces

Number of barrier free parking spaces

Number of bicycle parking spaces provided

Number of loading spaces provided

Add building or structure Remove

Section 6 - Proposed access and servicing

How is the property accessed?

Municipal road

Regional road

How is required hydro service being accommodated on the property?

Pole mounted transformer

Pad mounted transformer

Transformer room

Other

What is the current water supply for the subject land?

Municipal water service

Well water service

Other

What is the proposed water supply for the subject land?

Municipal water service

Well water service

Other

How are existing sanitary services provided for the subject land?

Municipal sanitary service

Septic sanitary service

Other

How are sanitary services proposed to be provided for the subject land?

Municipal sanitary service

Septic sanitary service

Other

Section 7 - Acknowledgements

Check the boxes and sign below for the following acknowledgements

I hereby authorize the City of Waterloo and each of its directors, officers, employees, solicitors and agents to enter onto the above noted property(ies) for the purpose of evaluating the merits of this/these application(s) or request(s) over the time this/these application(s) or request(s) is/are under consideration by the City of Waterloo. If I am not the owner, the consent letter is uploaded in Section 9.

I consent that all information and documents provided as part of this application may be used by the City at any time and retained by the City for the purposes of evaluating and processing proposals/applications, and reproduced for any municipal purpose. For the purpose of the foregoing, the City means The Corporation of the City of Waterloo and where the context so implies includes its council, employees, officers, agents, solicitors and consultants.

I understand that receipt of this application by the City of Waterloo does not guarantee it to be a “complete” application. Further review of this application will be undertaken and I may be contacted to provide additional information and/or to resolve any discrepancies, issues or insufficient information with the application as submitted. Once the application is deemed to be complete, the application fee will be deposited and the application will be processed.

Section 8 - Upload documents

Uploaded files should be named using this format:

StreetAddress_SubmissionType_MM-DD-YYYY For example: 100ReginaStS_CPP_01-01-2025

Provide the following documents for each application:

If the applicant is the purchaser or the purchaser's agent, a copy of the portion of the agreement of purchase and sale that authorizes the purchaser to make the application in respect of the land that is the subject of the application.
Cover letter with a summary of the proposed development, class of application, the names and contact information of all consultants, firms or individuals who contributed to the preparation of the documents.
A concept plan showing the following:
- project name
- applicant name
- name of the firm preparing the plans (if applicable)
- dimensions provided in metric
- scale of the drawing
- north symbol
- municipal address
- names of adjacent streets
Elevation drawing

View the web page for more information about the documents required. Documents will be posted online and MUST meet the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.

Upload the required application documents. Up to 10 documents can be uploaded. The maximum size of each document is 10MB.

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By typing my name and submitting this form, I confirm that:

• I am the person identified in this form

• The information provided is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge

• I agree that my electronic submission and typed name constitute my electronic signature.

I consent to the use of electronic documents and signatures and understand that this electronic signature is legally binding.

Enter your full name

Signed date

Once you hit Submit, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive a confirmation email to the email address you provided, contact the Development Planning Division at devservices@waterloo.ca and notify them.

If you do not Submit and choose to Save the application instead, you must return to submit the application later. Development Planning is not notified of incomplete applications.

Forms

Apply for a pre-submission consultation for the Community Planning Permit

Pre-screening questions

Section 1: Owner and agents information

Section 2 - Property details

Section 3 - Details of existing buildings and structures on the property and plans to change or retain them

Section 4 - Planning information

Regarding the Official Plan

Regarding the Community Planning Permit Bylaw

Section 5 - Development proposal

How building area is used

Parking and building access

Section 6 - Proposed access and servicing

Section 7 - Acknowledgements

Section 8 - Upload documents