The Planning Department oversees the planning and management of the Municipality of Casselman's territory in accordance with the prescribed requirements of the province of Ontario. The department ensures that land use and proposed new subdivision, land use, and construction projects comply with the municipality's official plan and zoning by-law. New construction, land use, and redevelopment projects are subject to development charges.
The amended Site Plan Control By-law is available here.
If you wish to submit an approval request for a land development project, please fill out the pre-consultation request form for a development application and send it to the Planning Department.
You can find the Development Services Review Report here.
Check out our new Critical Path Documents for new construction or renovation applications:
(these documents are not available in French)
Local Official Plan Amendment Guide
LOPA Public Guide
Minor Variance and Permissions Guide
MV Public Guide
Site Plan Control Guide
SPC Public Guide
Zoning By-law Amendment Guide
ZBLA Public Guide
The official plan describes the municipality's general land use planning policies. The objective of the plan is to ensure that growth is coordinated to meet the actual and future needs of our community.
To view any amendments to the zoning by-law or official plan, please contact the Planning Department at: urbanisme-planning@casselman.ca
The zoning bylaw is the tool used to implement the provisions of the official plan. The bylaw controls land development by defining:
For more information, consult the official documents:
If you want to use your property in a way that does not comply with the zoning bylaw, you may file an Application for a zoning amendment or an application for a local official plan amendment and send it to the Planning Department
The Government of Ontario adopted recent changes under the Planning Act to support the establishment of more secondary units to combat housing affordability and availability challenges. Accordingly, the Municipality Casselman has adopted amendments to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law permitting landowners to have a maximum of three (3) residential units on properties containing a detached house, a semi-detached house or a townhouse. This permission under these amendments is subject to zoning restriction and availability of water and wastewater service capacity. View or download the Municipality of Casselman by-laws for Secondary Unit Policies.
The Municipality of Casselman is responsible for the distribution and allocation of the capacity of municipal water and sanitary sewer collection services. New development shall be permitted only where it is confirmed that there is sufficient reserve capacity in the municipal water and services. Decisions for new developments are subject to the availability of water and wastewater services. As water and sanitary sewer capacity constraints has been recently identified in Casselman, the Municipality has adopted by by-law a policy for the distribution of water and sanitary sewer capacity. View or download the Municipality of Casselman by-laws for Distribution of Water Capacity and Sewer Capacity.
For any questions related to Land Use Planning, please contact the Planning department at urbanisme-planning@casselman.ca
| Type of Application | Fees |
| Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment | $4,000.00 + a deposit of $3,000.00 |
| Official Plan Amendment | $2,500.00 + a deposit of $3,000.00 |
| Zoning By-law Amendment | $2,000.00 + a deposit of $3,000.00 |
| Removal of Holding Symbol | $350.00 |
| Draft Plan of Subdivision | $3,500.00 + a deposit of $2,500.00 |
| Major Revision of Draft Plan of Subdivision | $1,500.00 + a deposit of $1,500.00 |
| Subdivision Agreement | $5,000.00 + a deposit of $10,000.00 |
| Work Supervision | $500.00 legal fees + $100 registration fees $325 per lot-unit Engineering fees |
| Major Site Plan Agreement | $500 + Deposit of $1,000 $500 legal fees $100 registration fees |
| Minor Site Plan Agreement | $500 + Deposit of $1,000 $500 legal fees $100 registration fees |
| Land Severance | $500.00 per severance |
| Minor Variance | $550.00 |
| Removal of Control of Parts of Lots | $300.00 per by-law |
| Reduction or Release of Performance Security | $150.00 per reduction or release request |
| Condominium Conversion | $500.00 |
| Removal of a 0.30 Meter Reserve | $300.00 |
| Encroachment Agreement on Public Property | $300.00 + $500 legal fees $100 registration fees |
| Compliance Report | $150.00 |
| Written Response to Inquiries and/or Written Notices | $75.00 |