Site Plans, also known as Drawings, Sketches, or Draft Plans are required to accompany all planning applications.
The Site Plan is a key part of your planning application, and it must include all necessary information and show enough detail to give the County of Haliburton the ability to assess the development proposal.
Site Plans are also circulated to third parties who are given notice of your application. This may include agencies and neighbours who are not used to reading site plans and drawings, so it is important that your proposal can be clearly understood by looking at your site plan.
Minimum requirements
The below list gives the minimum requirements to be included with your application to the County of Haliburton:
- The boundaries of the land (for subdivision/condominium application these must be certified by an Ontario Land Surveyor);
- The locations, widths, and names of existing and proposed roads and highways, indicating whether they are unopened road allowances, public travelled roads, private roads or right-of-way's;
- The location of any utility easements (Hydro, Bell, etc.);
- The 911 address (if available) of the subject property and adjacent properties;
- If access to the subject land is by water only, the location of the parking and docking facilities to be used;
- The locations and dimensions of off-street parking spaces and off-street loading facilities;
- The location of entrances, driveways and access points;
- On a small key plan, on a scale of not less than 1 centimetre to 100 metres, all of the land adjacent to the subject property that is owned by the applicant or in which the applicant has an interest, every subdivision adjacent to the proposed subdivision and the relationship of the boundaries of the land to be subdivided to the boundaries of the township lot or other original grant of which the land forms the whole or part (subdivision/condominium);
- The proposed land use of the proposed lot(s);
- The existing land uses of all adjacent lands;
- The approximate/proposed dimensions and layout of the proposed lot(s);
- Natural and artificial features such as buildings or other structures or installations (the location, size, and type of all existing and proposed buildings and structures, indicating the distances from the front yard lot line, rear yard lot line, and the side yard lot lines, which in the opinion of the applicant, may affect the application), highways, watercourses, lakes, drainage ditches, wetlands and wooded areas within or adjacent to the land subject to the application;
- Planting strips and landscaped areas;
- Buildings to be demolished or relocated;
- Clearly demonstrate the difference between the existing building and the proposed addition/location (if applicable);
- The availability and nature of domestic water supplies, and location of existing wells;
- The location of existing septic systems;
- The nature and porosity of the soil (subdivision/condominium);
- Existing contours or elevations as may be required to determine the grade of the highways and the drainage of the land (subdivision/condominium);
- The municipal services available or to be available to the land;
- The nature and extent of any restriction affecting the land, including restrictive covenants or easements;
- For Consent Applications:
- New Lots – colour outline of the proposed lot, a different colour outline from the proposed retained lot, and label each;
- Easements – Colour the proposed easement a different colour outline from the proposed retained, and colour outline the proposed benefitting land a third colour. Label each;
- Lot Additions; - Colour the proposed severed a different colour from the proposed retained and proposed benefitting land. Label each;
- Acceptable colours include all dark colours (red, green, blue, purple). Do not use yellow, orange, or pale colours that do not copy or scan well;
- Applicant's name(s);
- Date of site plan;
- The scale to which the site plan is drafted (e.g. 1 cm = 50 m);
- Paper size must be a minimum of 8.5” x 11” and a maximum of 11” x 17”;
- Any revisions to drawings should be clearly identified with a new number, e.g. D1a, D2b, D3c, etc. The date and details of the revision should also be indicated on the drawing.
Right to refuse
Please note, the County of Haliburton reserves the right to refuse the Site Plan, Sketch, Draft Plan or Drawings if information is lacking or poorly presented.