These Planning Application Fees reflect the 2025 Cost of Living Adjustment (+4.00 per cent) and updates resulting from the 2024 Development Application Fee Review.
| Planning Application | Application Fee |
|---|---|
| *Official Plan Amendment | $221,906.88 |
| *Zoning Bylaw Amendment | Base fee: $60,751.60
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| Legal Service fee for S. 37 Agreement | $17,426.32 |
| *Combined Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment
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Base fee: $72,744.88
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| *Holding Bylaw Amendment | $48,898.28 |
| *Plan of Subdivision Approval | $276,167.84 |
| *Plan of Condominium Approval: | Base fee for Routine Review Stream (Standard, Common Elements): $12,039.04
Base fee for Technical Review Stream (Standard, Common Elements, Phased, Leasehold, Vacant Land, Rental Conversion): $28,929.68 Amendment: $9,546.16 Exemption: $6,240.00 |
| Site Plan Control | Base fee: $41,600.00
Amendment: $50,109.28 Administrative: $6,240.00 |
| Part Lot Control Exemption | Base fee: $21,112.00 + $1,375.92 for each proposed lot |
| Telecommunication Tower Application | $6,233.76 |
| Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion Bylaw |
Please see the Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion Application Form |
| Minor Variance | Additions and alterations to existing dwellings with 3 units or less: $2,126.48
Residential dwellings with 3 units or less: $4,780.65 All other residential, commercial, industrial or institutional uses: $6,187.36 "After the fact variances": Double the regular fee |
| Consent | Base fee for severing one lot into two, or establishing a new easement: $7,709.07
Fee for each additional lot created: $6,259.76 Validation of Title, Technical Severance, Leases, Mortgage Discharge, Lot Additions: $2,171.26 Fee to sever multiple lot additions for the creation of one or more new lots (per existing lot): $3,854.54 |
| Committee of Adjustment Research Request Fee | 500 m radius: $150.00 (subject to HST)
1000 m radius: $300.00 (subject to HST) |
| City Planning Research Request Fee | $135.00 per hour (subject to HST) |
| As set out in Chapter 441-4 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, the fees are adjusted every January 1.
*The following surcharges also apply, but will not be collected until later in the planning process:
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These Planning Application Fees reflect the 2026 Cost of Living Adjustment (+4.82 per cent).
| Planning Application | Application Fee |
|---|---|
| *Official Plan Amendment | $232,602.79 |
| *Zoning Bylaw Amendment | Base fee: $63,679.83
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| Legal Service fee for S. 37 Agreement | $18,266.27 |
| *Combined Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment
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Base fee: $76,251.18
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| *Holding Bylaw Amendment | $51,255.18 |
| *Plan of Subdivision Approval | $289,479.13 |
| *Plan of Condominium Approval: | Base fee for Routine Review Stream (Standard, Common Elements): $12,619.32
Base fee for Technical Review Stream (Standard, Common Elements, Phased, Leasehold, Vacant Land, Rental Conversion): $30,324.09 Amendment: $10,006.28 Exemption: $6,540.77 |
| Site Plan Control | Base fee: $43,605.12
Amendment: $52,524.55 Administrative: $6,540.77 |
| Part Lot Control Exemption | Base fee: $22,129.60 + $1,442.24 for each proposed lot |
| Telecommunication Tower Application | $6,534.23 |
| Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion Bylaw |
Please see the Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion Application Form |
| Minor Variance | Additions and alterations to existing dwellings with 3 units or less: $2,228.98
Residential dwellings with 3 units or less: $5,011.08 All other residential, commercial, industrial or institutional uses: $6,485.59 "After the fact variances": Double the regular fee |
| Consent | Base fee for severing one lot into two, or establishing a new easement: $8,080.65
Fee for each additional lot created: $6,561.48 Validation of Title, Technical Severance, Leases, Mortgage Discharge, Lot Additions: $2,275.91 Fee to sever multiple lot additions for the creation of one or more new lots (per existing lot): $4,040.33 |
| Committee of Adjustment Research Request Fee | 500 m radius: $150.00 (subject to HST)
1000 m radius: $300.00 (subject to HST) |
| City Planning Research Request Fee | $135.00 per hour (subject to HST) |
| As set out in Chapter 441-4 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, the fees are adjusted every January 1.
*The following surcharges also apply, but will not be collected until later in the planning process:
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The Development Application Fee Policy was adopted by Council through the 2024 Development Application Fee Review and came into effect on July 1, 2025.
The Planning Act enables municipalities to impose fees by by-law for the purposes of processing applications under the Act. Under the legislation, the City is only permitted to cost-recover for activities related to processing development applications.
The City’s User Fee Policy provides a framework to ensure a consistent approach to establishing user fees across City programs. The User Fee Policy requires periodic review of user fees to reflect ongoing changes to service delivery.
The Application Fee Policy addresses three matters including:
This Policy does not apply to Committee of Adjustment application fees, which are addressed in a separate policy.
1. Application Fee Refunds
Application Fee Refunds are only applicable to applications with no outstanding appeal under Section 69(3) of the Planning Act in relation to planning application fees. Any refunds will be subject to a waiting period should the 30-day appeal period under Section 69 of the Planning Act have not elapsed.
1.1. Withdrawn Applications
An applicant may withdraw an application at any time via written request to the Director, Community Planning, Development Review Division, of the appropriate district. Requests for refunds for withdrawn applications must also be made in writing to the Director, Community Planning. Refunds may be granted by the Director, Community Planning, as described in Table 1 below.
Table 1 – Application Fee Refunds
| Application Type | Timing of Request | Refund |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Application Consultation
This fee is structured as a deposit against a future development application fee and is non-transferrable. |
Withdrawal prior to Circulation | 85% of total fee deposit |
| Withdrawal after Circulation | No refund | |
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Withdrawal prior to Notice of Complete Application or Letter of Incomplete Application | 85% of total fee |
| Withdrawal after Notice of Complete Application or Letter of Incomplete Application
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No refund |
2. Application Resubmission Fees
An application resubmission fee may be applied through the application resubmission intake process to resubmissions that are substantially in accordance with an initial application submission that has been deemed complete, should an application meet the criteria described in Table 2 below. Application resubmission fees apply to application types with fee structures that include a Base Fee and Gross Floor Area (GFA) multipliers.
Table 2 – Application Resubmission Fees
| Application Type | Criteria | Fee |
|---|---|---|
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First Resubmission | No fee |
| All Subsequent Resubmissions | If a subsequent resubmission represents an increase in Gross Floor Area (GFA) over the first resubmission, additional fee(s) will be applied to additional GFA at the cost/m2 rates identified for each application type in the in-force fee schedule, at the discretion of the Director, Community Planning in the appropriate district. |
3. Application Fee Exemptions or Waivers
Application fees may be partially or fully exempt or waived should an application meet the criteria described in Table 3 below.
Table 3 – Application Fee Exemptions or Waivers
| Application Type | Criteria | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| City-initiated Development Application (all types) | City-initiated development application | Fees will be applied for each application type as identified in the in-force fee schedule and paid via Interdepartmental Charge Form.
Exemptions or Waivers of fees for development under 5,000 m2 is at the discretion of the Director, Community Planning in the appropriate district. |
| Rental Housing Supply Program or Home Ownership Assistance Program Pre-Application Consultation | Pre-Application Consultation request for an application that qualifies for the Rental Housing Supply Program or Home Ownership Assistance Program | No fee
Refunds cannot be retroactively applied to previous PACs for applications related to the same development proposal as the application that qualifies for the Rental Housing Supply Program. |
| Rental Housing Supply Program or Home Ownership Assistance Program Development Application (all eligible types) | Applications that qualify for the Rental Housing Supply Program or the Home Ownership Assistance Program (including previous Open Door Program applications) | All or a portion of development application fees may be waived for affordable housing GFA, as directed by City Council through a Fee Exemption Letter administered by the Housing Secretariat.
Refunds cannot be retroactively applied to previous applications related to the same development proposal as the application that qualifies for the Rental Housing Supply Program. |