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Planning & Permits
Are you Planning to Build?
If you are planning to build, please read the Planning to Build Fact Sheet, which will help you through the process. You can also review Ontario Regulation 155/06: Regulation of Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses. For an overview, download the Development, Interference & Alteration Regulation brochure published by Conservation Ontario.
For more information about the watershed, visit Watershed Explorer.
Are you Making an Inquiry About a Property?
To make an inquiry about a property under the Regulation of Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses, you can fill out and submit the Property Information Request Form.
Planning Act Approvals
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority is responsible for the review of planning applications (eg. subdivisions, severances, zoning by-law amendments, minor variances) affected by natural environmental hazards and/or natural heritage features, and provide advice to municipalities or applicants on environmental impacts (regarding valleys, floodplains, wetlands, stormwater management, erosion, etc.).
Development
- Property Information Request Form
- NPCA Application Checklist
- Development Application Form
- Building Permit - NEC Application
- Land Use Planning & Review Policy
- NPCA Stormwater Manual - Guidelines
- NPCA Stormwater Manual - Appendices
- Planning & Regulation Fee Schedule
- Planning to Build
- Pre-Consultation on Permit Applications
- Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines
- Regulation #3 - Hearing Procedures
- Lyons Creek East Administrative Control Protocol
- Lyons Creek East Administrative Controls Protocol Guidance Document
- Lyons Creek East Evaluation of Administrative Controls
- Section 28 Permit Issuing Timelines
Municipal MOU's & Agreements
Forestry
- Good Forestry Practices Application
- Niagara Region Tree and Forest Conservation Bylaw
- Agricultural Exemption
- Tree & Forest Conservation By-Law Overview
- A Landowner’s Guide to Careful Logging
- Tree Marking Description
- Preparing for Emerald Ash Borer: A Landowner’s Guide to Managing Ash Forests
- A Land Manager’s Guide to Conserving Habitat for Forest Birds in Southern Ontario