Township of Severn's Planning and Development department provides land use planning guidance and advice to our community, Council, landowners and developers. We administer the Official Plan, Zoning By-law and development approval process.
Planning and development applications
Learn how to submit a planning and development application for a variety of new development projects:
- Plan of Subdivision/Condominium (County of Simcoe is approval authority)
- Official Plan amendment (County of Simcoe is approval authority)
- Zoning By-law amendment
- Site Plan control
- Severance/consent
- Minor variances
Active Planning applications
Stay up-to-date on local planning matters and subscribe to notices for public meetings on our Active Planning Applications page.
Development charges
Township of Severn development charges apply to residential land that has been vacant for three or more years. The Simcoe County District School Board, the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, and County of Simcoe development charges apply to residential land that has been vacant for five or more years. Development charges assist in financing the long-term capital and operating costs for the infrastructure required to provide municipal services to the new development, including:
- development related studies
- long term care and seniors services
- paramedic services
- public works
- roads and related maintenance
- social housing
- transit
- waste management
You may need to pay development charges for new residential units or commercial, industrial and institutional floor space. These charges are paid at the time a building or planning permit is issued. View our Development Charges Background Study.
| Service | Single and semi-detached dwellings | Other multiples | Apartment with two bedrooms or more | Apartments and bachelors with one bedroom | Special care units | Non-residential per square foot of gross floor area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Municipal-wide 'hard services' |
||||||
|
Highways |
$9,984 |
$8,676 |
$6,484 |
$4,267 |
$3,941 |
$7.61 |
|
Fire protection |
$1,460 |
$1,269 |
$948 |
$624 |
$576 |
$1.11 |
|
Parks and recreation |
$4,421 |
$3,842 |
$2,871 |
$1,889 |
$1,745 |
$1.00 |
| Library | $538 | $468 | $349 | $230 | $212 | $0.12 |
|
Provincial Offences Act and By-law Enforcement |
$9 |
$8 |
$6 |
$4 |
$4 |
$0.01 |
|
Growth-related studies |
$680 |
$591 |
$442 |
$291 |
$268 |
$0.51 |
|
Total Township-wide services |
$17,092 |
$14,854 |
$11,100 |
$7,305 |
$6,746 |
$10.36 |
| Service | Single and semi-detached dwellings | Apartments with two or more bedrooms | Apartments and bachelors with one bedroom | Residential with other multiples | Special care units | Non-residential per square foot of gross floor area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Westshore wastewater |
$22,611 |
$19,650 |
$14,685 |
$9,663 |
$8,924 |
$22.86 |
|
Westshore water |
$10,972 |
$9,535 |
$7,126 |
$4,689 |
$4,331 |
$11.10 |
|
Westshore total |
$33,583 |
$29,185 |
$21,811 |
$14,352 |
$13,255 |
$33.96 |
|
Coldwater wastewater |
$17,480 |
$15,191 |
$11,352 |
$7,470 |
$6,899 |
$10.42 |
|
Coldwater water |
$3,262 |
$2,835 |
$2,118 |
$1,394 |
$1,287 |
$1.95 |
|
Coldwater total |
$20,742 |
$18,026 |
$13,470 |
$8,864 |
$8,186 |
$12.37 |
|
Areas not receiving wastewater services septic and hauled treatment |
$101 |
$88 |
$66 |
$43 |
$40 |
$0.06 |
Addressing
Contact us if you have an issue with your current address, for example if:
- your address on Simcoe Maps is wrong
- you currently have a water access address and recently got private road access
- you don't know your address
- you don't have a green address sign
- Canada Post or a utility isn't recognizing your address
We work with the County of Simcoe to maintain the 911 addressing system.