Planning Fees

The table below lists our most common planning fees. See Fees By-law 2024-59 for a full list of departmental fees.

Payment Options

You can pay by:

Cash, Debit, Cheque or Credit Card in person at the Development Services office at 4432 George St., Sydenham, ON or,
Cheque made payable to Township of South Frontenac mailed to us or dropped off in our drop box or
Online via credit card (see below payment link). When making payments online, please ensure you input the correct payment amount and file number.

Development Services Fees

Item	Fee	Engineering and Legal Deposit
Pre-consultation fee:
Minor variances and Consents (pre-consultation fee)	$150
Zoning By-law amendments, Official Plan Amendments, Plan of subdivision/condominium (pre-consultation fee)	$400
Consent Application:	$1,347
Change of conditions – minor	$320
Change of conditions – major (requiring recirculation)	$560
Zoning By-law Amendment:	$1,964
After building without a permit:	$3,700
Minor Variance Application:	$1,230
Applications requiring extra work (4+ variances)	$1,445
After building without a permit	$2,206
Site Plan Agreement:
Site Plan – Commercial, industrial, institutional developments less than 4000 square feet + Site Engineering / Legal Deposit	$2,506	$2,000
Site Plan – Commercial, industrial, institutional developments equal to or greater than 4000 square feet + Site Engineering / Legal Deposit	$3,300	$2,000
Site Plan – Multi-residential	$2,506	$2,000
Site Plan – Residential Waterfront	$1,200
Site Plan – Residential Waterfront (after minor variance)	$475
Site Plan – Residential Waterfront (after ZBLA)	$475
Official Plan Amendment:	$2,806
Plan of subdivision/condominium:
Draft Plan Application - Plan of subdivision/condominium – less than 20 units	$2,978	$5,000
Draft Plan Application - Plan of subdivision/condominium – more than 20 units	$3,583	$5,000
Change of condition following Draft Plan Approval including red line revisions	$2,000
Draft Plan Extension	$1,311
Final Design Review	$775
Zoning:
Zoning Compliance Review	$110
Zoning Compliance Review – Drawing revisions	$55
Zoning Compliance Letter	$123
Zoning Compliance Letter (within 48 hours)	$252
Other Fees:	$982
Calculation of MDS	$275
Calculation of MDS (recalculation)	$140
Deeming By-law	$431
File Search Fee	$87
Licence Agreement	$373
Lifting of 0.3m reserve	$1,223
Lot and Grading Plan –Deposit		$3,000
Natural Heritage Review	$175
Part Lot Control By-law	$982
Preparation of Condominium agreement	$1,775
Preparation of Subdivision agreement	$1,775
Preparation of Pre-servicing agreement	$1,775
Preparation of Model Home agreement	$1,775
Preparation of Development agreement	$373
Property Information Search	$87
Removal of ‘H’ Symbol	$965
Removal of ‘H’ Symbol – Additional Dwelling Unit	$110
Request for Municipal Support Resolution in respect to the OPA FIT or similar programs 15 Kilowatts or less Greater than 15 Kilowatts	$750 $1,500
Sign Posting	$157
Source Water Protection – Risk Assessment Review	$225
Source Water Protection - Section 59 Notice that activity is not prohibited and does not need a Risk Management Plan	$225
Telecommunications Tower Review	$1,886
Validation of Title	$700

Deposits are for legal and engineering fees incurred. Please ask staff for more information.

Contact Us

Township of
South Frontenac
Planning Department

Mailing address:
4432 George St. Box 100
Sydenham ON, K0H 2T0
T: 613-376-3027
TF: 1.800-559-5862
(if calling within the
613 area code)
planning@
southfrontenac.net

NOTE: Our Planning team is working
remotely and in temporary office space
at 3910 Battersea Rd during our
town hall expansion. Please visit us
there if you need to drop by in person

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