Apply for a Permit

A permit is required if your proposal is a regulated activity in a regulated area.

Permit Application Forms can be completed and submitted online.

Permit Application Form

You will be required to attach electronic copies of drawings and documents within the online application. Have these available before continuing with the online application form. Please review how to prepare your site plan and cross section drawings.

NOTE:

Downloadable and printable copies of the Permit Application Form and Landowner Authorization Form are available under Downloadable Options.

We may request hard copies of large-scale drawings which you can submit in person or via mail/courier. We have a drop box outside reception at the upper rear parking lot.

Once your online application has been submitted you will be contacted with a fee confirmation, and an option for making payment online or over the phone by credit card or in person (VISA, MasterCard, American Express).

Cheque payments can be received by mail or in person.

Please call 705-745-5791, ext. 230 to speak with our Administrative Assistant. Applications will be reviewed when payment is received.

Permit Fees

Otonabee Conservation will review your application to see if it is complete. Once deemed complete, you will receive an email from staff that it is in queue for processing.

If it's not complete, you will receive an email detailing what needs to be submitted. Your application will be put ‘on hold’ until we receive the missing information. Please note that there are certain requirements you MUST submit with your application.

NOTE: Pre-consultation is key to understanding what is required for your complete application. Refer to the requirements below. It will help to make sure you are providing all the required information and will help speed up the review process.

Mandatory minimum requirements for all applications:

• Completed and signed Permit Application Form
• Completed and signed Landowner Authorization Form (if applicable)
• 1 digital pdf copy of the site plan and construction plans/details/drawings including dimensions to be submitted with the application (Review Preparing Your Site Plan and Cross Section)
• Summary statement describing the proposed use of any buildings and structures and the methods to be used if carrying out an activity to straighten, change, divert or interfere with a regulated feature
• Drainage details along with existing and proposed elevation details
• Start and completion dates
• a complete description of any type of fill proposed to be placed or dumped
• Full payment by credit card (can be processed over the phone), or cheque (payable to “ORCA”)           
• Any additional documentation requested by ORCA during pre-consultation

Notice of Collection

Pursuant to the municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the personal information contained on this form is collected under the Authority of the Conservation Authorities Act. R.S. O. 1990, Chapter C. 24, and O Regulation 41/24 - Prohibited Activities, Exemptions and Permits. This information is used to access applications and, where approved, issue permits. Information on this form will be disclosed to government and municipal agencies for review and comments and may be disclosed to members of the public through the Freedom of Information process. 

Once your permit is complete, we will email you a draft copy of the permit and ask you to initial, date, and sign it and return it to ORCA. We will then add authorizing signatures and email you the final copy of the permit.

Please fill out our Inquiry Form to request a digital copy of our Watershed Planning & Regulation Policy Manual for more information about the process we use to issue permits.