Planning Applications in Kitchener
The permit guides and documents DocHub holds for planning applications in Kitchener, each taken from the municipality’s own pages.
The municipality lists what to submit. CodeEase shows what the building code asks of it. See CodeEase →
Permit guides
- Pre-submission consultationYou should attend a pre-submission consultation meeting before you apply for certain planning applications.
- Site plan applicationsFor major development projects and changes to sites that fall under Site Plan Control, the City asks you to prepare a site plan.
- Minor variance and consent applicationsWhere a project design or lot size/shape makes it impossible to follow the zoning bylaw, the Committee of Adjustment may consider a minor variance.
- Zoning bylaw amendment applicationsProperty owners and developers who want to change the permitted uses of land or how a property is configured must apply for a zoning bylaw amendment.
- Official Plan amendment applicationsTo request a change to a land designation or to one of the Official Plan’s policies, you must submit an Official Plan amendment application.
- Plan of subdivision and plan of condominium applicationsDevelopers who want to divide land into two or more parcels for selling, or whose parcels require the creation of a municipal street, need a plan of subdivision; a standard, common-elements or conversion condominium needs a plan of condominium.
- Part lot control exemption applicationsIf you own a property within a registered plan of subdivision and want to subdivide a lot or a block for the purpose of selling, conveying, leasing or mortgaging, you can ask the City to pass a part lot control exemption.
Documents
Every planning application
Pre-consultation
Site Plan
- A By-law to Establish Development Charges for the City of Kitchener and to Repeal By-law 2019-086By-law
- Attachment #1 Low Impact Development (LID)Document
- Attachment #2 Oil and Grit Separator (OGS)Document
- Attachment #3 Stormwater Management Facility (SWMF)Document
- City of Kitchener CLI-ECA ProcessGuide
- City of Kitchener Conditions Required for Issuance of Site Plan ApprovalDocument
- City of Kitchener Development ManualGuide
- City of Kitchener Inspection Requirements for On-Site Works Subject to Site Plan ApprovalDocument
- CLI ECA Alteration Submission ChecklistChecklist
- CLI-ECA for a Municipal Sewage Collection System Post Construction Verification ChecklistChecklist
- CLI-ECA for a Municipal Stormwater Management System Post Construction Verification ChecklistChecklist
- Contact Form – Digital Signing Off-Site WorksForm
- Design Criteria for Sanitary Sewers, Storm Sewers and Forcemains for Alterations Authorized under an Environmental Compliance ApprovalDocument
- Development Charges Information SheetFees
- Environmental Compliance Approval for a Municipal Sewage Collection SystemGuide
- Environmental Compliance Approval for a Municipal Stormwater Management SystemMap
- Full Site Plan ApplicationForm
- Letter of Credit Itemized Cost EstimateDocument
- Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Planning and Design GuideGuide
- Off-Site Works Cost Estimate (2026)Document
- Off-Site Works Maintenance Package Checklist for Initial AcceptanceChecklist
- Parkland Dedication PolicyGuide
- Performance Securities and Plan Review Fees for Site Plan ApprovalFees
- Record of Future Alteration Authorized for Components of the Municipal Sewage Collection SystemGuide
- Record of Future Alteration Authorized for Equipment Discharging a Contaminant of Concern to the Atmosphere from a Municipal Sewage Collection SystemGuide
- Record of Future Alteration Authorized for Separate Sewers/Nominally Separate Sewers/ForcemainsForm
- Record of Future Alteration Authorized for Storm Sewers/Ditches/CulvertsForm
- Record of Future Alteration Authorized for Stormwater Management FacilitiesForm
- Record of Future Alteration Authorized for Third Pipe Collection SystemsMap
- Schedule 'C1' City of Kitchener Central NeighbourhoodsMap
- Schedule 'C2' City of Kitchener Suburban AreaMap
- Section 41 Development AgreementDocument
- Site Development Works Certification Form for Acoustical Study Engineer/ConsultantForm
- Site Development Works Certification Form for CPTED ConsultantForm
- Site Development Works Certification Form for Landscape Architect/DesignerForm
- Site Development Works Certification Form for Lighting Engineer/ConsultantForm
- Site Development Works Certification Form for Professional Engineer/ConsultantForm
- Site Development Works Notification Form for Professional Engineer/ConsultantForm
- Stamp Plan 'A' ApplicationForm
- Stamp Plan 'B' & Site Plan Confirmation LetterForm
- Standard Title Block Layer Properties and ContentDocument
Minor Variance & Consent
- Certificate of Official Guidelines (Deed of Endorsement)Guide
- Committee of Adjustment Application for Change of ConditionsForm
- Committee of Adjustment Application for ConsentForm
- Committee of Adjustment Application for Minor Variance (Zoning)Form
- Driveway Width Zoning Rules Guide for Low Density Residential PropertiesGuide
- Zoning By-law 2019-051By-law
- Zoning By-law 85-1By-law
- Zoning Grid SchedulesMap
Zoning By-law Amendment
Official Plan Amendment
Subdivisions & Condominiums
Part Lot Control
Planning guidelines
- City of Kitchener Urban Design Manual - Part C: Design StandardsGuide
- Commemoration PlanStudy
- Conservation PlanPlan
- Drive-Through FacilitiesGuide
- Mixed Use CorridorsGuide
- Planning Justification ReportStudy
- Queen Street Placemaking PlanPlan
- Risk Management PlanStudy
- Sun & Shadow StudyStudy
- Sustainability Statement (Report/Checklist)Checklist
- Terms of Reference Cultural Heritage Protection PlanStudy
- Terms of Reference Heritage Impact AssessmentStudy
- Terms of Reference Relocation PlanStudy
- Urban Design BriefStudy
- Urban Design ManualGuide
- Wind StudyStudy