Planning Applications in Hamilton
The permit guides and documents DocHub holds for planning applications in Hamilton, each taken from the municipality’s own pages.
Documents
Every planning application
Pre-consultation
Site Plan
Minor Variance & Consent
- Application for a Minor Variance/PermissionForm
- Application for Consent to Sever Land and Validation of TitleForm
- By-law No. 87-57: The Zoning By-law of the Town of AncasterBy-law
- City of Hamilton Zoning By-law No. 6593By-law
- City of Stoney Creek Zoning By-law No. 3692-92By-law
- Town of Dundas (Now City of Hamilton) Zoning By-law No. 3581-86By-law
- Town of Flamborough (Now City of Hamilton) Zoning By-law No. 90-145-ZBy-law
- Township of Glanbrook Zoning By-law No. 464By-law
- Zoning By-law 05-200By-law
Zoning By-law Amendment
- Draft By-law Template for Ancaster Zoning By-law 87-57Form
- Draft By-law Template for Dundas Zoning By-law 3581-86Form
- Draft By-law Template for Flamborough Zoning By-law 90-145-ZForm
- Draft By-law Template for Former Hamilton Zoning By-law 6593Form
- Draft By-law Template for Glanbrook Zoning By-law 464Form
- Draft By-law Template for Hamilton Zoning By-law 05-200Form
- Draft By-law Template for Stoney Creek Zoning By-law 3692-92Form
- Zoning Compliance Review and AdministrationForm
- Zoning Compliance Review Application – Applicant ChecklistChecklist
Official Plan Amendment
Subdivisions & Condominiums
- Amendment No. 47 to the Former Region of Hamilton-Wentworth Official PlanPlan
- Application for Approval of a Draft Plan of Subdivision or Condominium DescriptionForm
- Application for Approval of a Draft Plan of Subdivision or Condominium Description Submission Requirements and InformationForm
- Schedule H – Other Information and MaterialsMap
- Schedule I – Other Information and MaterialsMap
Part Lot Control
Street Naming & Addressing
- A By-law to Establish Municipal Addressing and Street Naming in the City of Hamilton and to Amend By-law No. 86-077 and to Repeal By-law No. 02-312By-law
- City of Hamilton Municipal Addressing PolicyGuide
- City of Hamilton Street Naming ProceduresGuide
- Farm 911 - Emergency Access Point (EAP) Number Request FormForm
- Farm 911 – Emergency Access Point (EAP) PolicyGuide
- Multiple Unit Identification (MUI) Sign SpecificationsDocument
- Municipal Address Number / Unit Request FormForm
- Pre-Approved Street Name Submission FormForm
- Street Name Change Request FormForm
- Street Name Pre-approved ListDocument
Planning guidelines
- A Guide to Coordinating Integrated Planning Processes Under the Planning Act and the MEA Class Environmental Assessment ProcessGuide
- Adequate Water Services - Required Fire Flow-RFF and Available Fire Flow-AFFStudy
- Airport Employment Growth District Urban Design GuidelinesGuide
- Airport Employment Growth District Wastewater System Capacity Allocation Request LetterForm
- Ancaster: Wilson Street Secondary Plan Area Urban Design GuidelinesGuide
- Barrier-Free Design GuidelinesGuide
- Barton-Kenilworth Commercial Corridor Study Façade Improvement Grant Program Urban Design GuidelinesGuide
- Barton-Tiffany Urban Design Study: Design Concept and GuidelinesGuide
- Binbrook Village Community Core Urban Design GuidelinesGuide
- City of Hamilton Co-ordinated Street Furniture GuidelinesGuide
- City of Hamilton Site Plan GuidelinesGuide
- City-Wide Corridor Planning Principles and Design GuidelinesGuide
- Complete Street Audit ToolDocument
- Comprehensive Development Guidelines and Financial Policies ManualGuide
- Construction and Material SpecificationsDocument
- Construction Inventory SheetStudy
- Design Criteria for Sanitary Sewers, Storm Sewers and Forcemains for Alterations Authorized under an Environmental Compliance ApprovalForm
- Development Application Guidelines: 3D ModelGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Affordable Housing Report / Rental Conversion AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Aggregate Resource Assessment and/or Aggregate/Mineral Resource AnalysisGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Agricultural Impact AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Archaeological AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Channel Design and Geofluvial AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Chloride Impact StudyGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Complete Application Compliance Summary / Summary Response to Formal Consultation CommentsGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Concept PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Construction Management PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Contaminant Management PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Cost Recovery AgreementGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Cultural Heritage Assessment - Documentation and Salvage PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Cultural Heritage Impact AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Cut and Fill AnalysisGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Cycling Route AnalysisGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Design Review Panel Summary of Advice and ResponseGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Draft Official Plan Amendment / Draft Zoning By-law AmendmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Dust Impact AnalysisGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Summary of Environmentally Significant Areas Impact Evaluation Group CommentsGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Environmental Site Assessment and/or Record of Site ConditionGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Erosion and Sediment Control PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Erosion Hazard AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Farm Economics ReportGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Fish Habitat AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Floodline Delineation Study / Hydraulic AnalysisGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Functional Servicing ReportGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: General Vegetation InventoryGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Grading PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Housing ReportGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Hydrogeological Study (Urban)Guide
- Development Application Guidelines: Impact Assessment for New Private Waste Disposal SitesGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Karst Assessment / Karst Contingency PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Landscape Plan (Including Conceptual)Guide
- Development Application Guidelines: Limit of Core Areas or Limit of Conservation Authority Regulated AreaGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Linkage AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Master Drainage PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Materials Palette or ImageryGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Meander Belt AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Minimum Distance Separation CalculationGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Modern Roundabout and Neighbourhood Roundabout AnalysisGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Options ReportGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Noise Impact Studies (Noise Feasibility and/or Detailed Noise Study)Guide
- Development Application Guidelines: Parking Analysis/StudyGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Pedestrian Route and Sidewalk AnalysisGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Planning Justification ReportGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Pre-Technical Conservation Authority ReviewGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Public Consultation Summary and Comment Response ReportGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Restoration PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Right of Way Impact AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Roadway/Development Safety AuditGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Shoreline Assessment Study / Coastal Engineers StudyGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Site Lighting PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Soils/Geotechnical StudyGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Species Habitat AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Storm Water Management Report/Plan and/or Update to an Existing Storm Water Management PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Sub-Watershed Plan and/or Update to an Existing Sub-Watershed PlanGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Sun/Shadow StudyGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Survey Plan (Real Property Report)Guide
- Development Application Guidelines: Transit AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Transportation AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Transportation Demand Management Options ReportGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Tree Management Plan/Study (City-Owned Trees and/or Within 3 Metres of ROW)Guide
- Development Application Guidelines: Tree Protection Plan (Private trees)Guide
- Development Application Guidelines: Urban Design or Architectural GuidelinesGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Urban Design Report and Design Review Panel Summary and ResponseGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Urban Design Report/BriefGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Visual Impact AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Water and Wastewater Servicing StudyGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Watermain Hydraulic AnalysisGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Wildland Fire AssessmentGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Wind StudyGuide
- Development Application Guidelines: Zoning Compliance ReviewGuide
- Downtown Hamilton Tall Buildings GuidelinesGuide
- Dundas Downtown Urban Design StudyStudy
- Engineering Guidelines for Servicing Land Under Development ApplicationsGuide
- Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) GuidelinesGuide
- Flow Chart for AEGD Wastewater System Capacity Allocation ProcessGuide
- Forestry and Horticulture Construction SpecificationsDocument
- Forestry and Horticulture Design and Preservation Manual for Assets on Public PropertyGuide
- Fruitland-Winona Urban Design Principles and Guidelines for Special Character AreasGuide
- Green Standards and Guidelines for Low Impact DevelopmentGuide
- Green Standards and Guidelines for Site Servicing (Stormwater)Guide
- Guidelines for Hydrogeological Studies and Technical Standards for Private ServicesGuide
- Guidelines for the Preparation of a Planning Justification ReportGuide
- Hamilton Airport Employment Growth District Eco-Industrial Design GuidelinesGuide
- Hamilton Complete Streets Design GuidelinesGuide
- Hamilton Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Guide for DevelopmentGuide
- Innovative Stormwater Source Control Policy for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Land UsesGuide
- Landscape Design Guidelines for Stormwater Management FacilitiesGuide
- Linkage Assessment (LA) GuidelinesGuide
- Masonry Restoration GuidelinesGuide
- Neighbourhood Infill Design GuidelinesGuide
- Park and Open Space Development GuideGuide
- Pier 7 + 8 Urban Design StudyStudy
- Pier 8 Block 16 Urban Design GuidelinesGuide
- Public Notice Sign Guide for Planning Act ApplicationsGuide
- Public Tree Preservation and Sustainability PolicyGuide
- Roundabout Landscape Design GuidelineGuide
- Schedule 1: AEGD Wastewater Capacity Allocation AreaForm
- Sewer and Water Permit Process; Sewer and Water System Design RequirementsGuide
- Sewer Design CriteriaGuide
- Storm Drainage PolicyGuide
- Strathcona Secondary Plan Urban Design GuidelinesGuide
- The Gore Standard: Hardscape DesignGuide
- Transit Bus Stop Accessibility Criteria & GuidelinesGuide
- Transit Oriented Development GuidelinesGuide
- Transportation Assessment GuidelinesGuide
- Tree Protection Guidelines - City WideGuide
- Waste Requirements for Design of New Developments and CollectionDocument
- Watermain Design CriteriaGuide