Site Plans and Drawings

Sketches, Site Plans and Draft Plans

Site Plans, also known 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.

Applications for consent (severance) are required to be accompanied by a sketch that includes the following information (as prescribed by O. Reg. 197/96 under the Planning Act):

A sketch showing the following, in metric units:

the boundaries and dimensions of any land abutting the subject land that is owned by the owner of the subject land;
the approximate distance between the subject land and the nearest township lot line or landmark such as a bridge or railway crossing;
the boundaries and dimensions of the subject land, the part that is intended to be severed and the part that is intended to be retained;
the location of all land previously severed from the parcel originally acquired by the current owner of the subject land;
the approximate location of all natural and artificial features (for example, buildings, railways, roads, watercourses, drainage ditches, banks of rivers or streams, wetlands, wooded areas, wells and septic tanks) that,
1. are located on the subject land and on land that is adjacent to it, and
2. in the applicant’s opinion, may affect the application;
the current uses of land that is adjacent to the subject land (for example, residential, agricultural or commercial);
the location, width and name of any roads within or abutting the subject land, indicating whether it is an unopened road allowance, a public travelled road, a private road or a right of way;
if access to the subject land will be by water only, the location of the parking and boat docking facilities to be used; and
the location and nature of any easement affecting the subject land.

Please ensure you include your name, the property address and/or roll number, the date of the sketch, and a scale on the sketch.

Minimum paper size is 8.5" x 11" (letter) and the maximum size is 11" x 17" (ledger).

Tips for Severance Sketches:

Your severance sketch should make clear what you're looking to accomplish to someone who knows nothing about your property or your proposal. Make sure your sketch is tidy, legible and easy to interpret.

Outline your parcels with colours to assist in review:

Retained lands (the part of the lot that is not being severed) should be outlined in green.
Severed lands (the part of the lot that is being used to create a new lot, be added to another property, or that is subject to a new easement) should be outlined in red.
Benefitting lands (the adjacent property that you are adding to) should be outlined in a third colour that photocopies well (such as purple or a darker shade of orange).
Avoid using highlighters or neon colours that do not scan or photocopy well.

Applications for draft plan of subdivision or condominium are required to be accompanied by a plan that includes the following information (as prescribed by Section 51(17) and O. Reg. 544/06 under the Planning Act):

The Draft Plan shall include the following:

the boundaries of the land proposed to be subdivided, certified by an Ontario land surveyor;
the locations, widths and names of the proposed highways within the proposed subdivision and of existing highways on which the proposed subdivision abuts;
on a small key plan, on a scale of not less than one centimetre to 100 metres, all of the land adjacent to the proposed subdivision 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;
the purpose for which the proposed lots are to be used;
the existing uses of all adjoining lands;
the approximate dimensions and layout of the proposed lots;
if any affordable housing units are being proposed, the shape and dimensions of each proposed affordable housing unit and the approximate location of each proposed affordable housing unit in relation to other proposed residential units;
natural and artificial features such as buildings or other structures or installations, railways, highways, watercourses, drainage ditches, wetlands and wooded areas within or adjacent to the land proposed to be subdivided;
the availability and nature of domestic water supplies;
the nature and porosity of the soil;
existing contours or elevations as may be required to determine the grade of the highways and the drainage of the land proposed to be subdivided;
the municipal services available or to be available to the land proposed to be subdivided; and
the nature and extent of any restrictions affecting the land proposed to be subdivided, including restrictive covenants or easements.

Draft Plans of Subdivision should be prepared by a qualified person; hand sketches are not acceptable.

Right to Refuse

Please note, the County of Haliburton reserves the right to refuse any sketches, site plans or draft plans if information is lacking or poorly presented.