Pre-consultation with planning staff prior to submitting your application is required. Please contact planning@belleville.ca to book a meeting. Pre-consultation for smaller applications includes consents, minor variances, or rezoning of single residential properties. Pre-consultation for complex applications includes plans of subdivisions, site plans, condominiums, official plan amendments, rezonings for multi-residential, institutional, commercial, industrial or applications for more than one type of approval.
Applications
Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law Amendment |
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If a proposed use or structure on a property do not meet the requirements of our Zoning By-law or are not consistent with our Official Plan, you will need to apply for an Official Plan and / or Zoning By-law amendment. Information on completing the application for an Official Plan and / or Zoning By-Law amendment can be found in our guide. Following notice to owners within 120 metres of the subject property, a first public meeting is held to receive input, and a second meeting provides staff recommendations to the Planning Advisory Committee. The Committee then makes a recommendation to Council. |
Consent (land severance) |
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You can apply for a consent if you wish to:
Consent is not needed if the land is already divided by a railway or public road. For more information on consent applications please e-mail planning@belleville.ca . Following notice to owners within 60 metres of the subject property, a public meeting is held to receive input and staff recommendations are presented to the Committee of Adjustment. |
Minor Variance |
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A minor variance application is used to request specific relief from the provisions of the Zoning By-Law for a permitted use, where it can be shown that the request:
For more information on minor variance applications please e-mail planning@belleville.ca . Following notice to owners within 60 metres of the subject property, a public meeting is held to receive input and staff recommendations are presented to the Committee of Adjustment. |
Plan of Subdivision and Plan of Condominium |
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The subdivision process is used to divide land, generally where a new municipal road is proposed, or the proposal would create more than five separate development parcels. Condominium proposals are reviewed and processed in the same manner as subdivisions under Section 51 of the Planning Act. To apply please complete the Application for Approval of a Plan of Subdivision and Plan of Condominium. Following notice to owners within 120 metres of the subject property, a first public meeting is held to receive input, and a second meeting provides staff recommendations to the Planning Advisory Committee. The Committee then makes a recommendation to Council. For more information on plan of subdivision and / or plan of condominium applications please e-mail planning@belleville.ca . |
Site Plan |
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View our site plan approval application. Site Plan Approval is required for most development, including construction, additions or alterations to buildings and structures (other than one and two unit dwellings). It is also required to lay out commercial parking lots or certain trailer sites. Submissions are reviewed by City Staff, and Quinte Conservation as appropriate, and comments are provided back to the applicant so that the plan is refined to the point where it is accepted and approved. Site plans establish both design and technical aspects of development (for example stormwater, servicing, traffic, landscaping) all in conformity with the provisions of the Zoning By-Law and Site Plan Manual. A site plan agreement or undertaking is then prepared and entered into between the Owner, the City, and any Mortgagees on the property, setting out any additional fees and securities necessary to ensure that the project proceeds as approved. For more information on site plan applications please e-mail planning@belleville.ca . |