Submit a development application

Complete and accurate applications reduce processing time. Please contact City planning staff at planning@portmoody.ca or 604-469-4540 with any questions.

Use the instructions below for the following types of development applications: Pre-Application Review; Official Community Plan Amendment; Rezoning; Subdivision; Development Permit; Development Variance Permit; Development Authorization (North Shore Development Agreement Area); Land Use Contract; Temporary Use Permit; Heritage Alteration Permit; or Heritage Revitalization Agreement.

Submission instructions

Make sure you have the following required documentation ready before starting your online submission:

• Owner authorization: if you are submitting an application on behalf of the property owner(s), you must provide a Letter of Authorization (PDF) signed by all registered owner(s). If the property is within a strata, you must provide authorization from the strata council. If the owner is an incorporated company/society, you must provide a current corporate/society search or “notice of directors.”
• All required attachments per the Development Application Submission Requirements Checklist(PDF). When providing attachments please ensure:
  • PDF files are flattened (no layers) and do not have passwords or restrictions. This allows staff to reduce file sizes, add markups, and print as needed.
  • Drawings are separated by discipline (i.e. architectural, landscape, mechanical) and each PDF file submitted is
  • NOTE – at the time of submission for Council consideration, applicants will be asked to provide reduced versions of the final PDFs that are: 8.5 x 11", portrait or landscape, with text and graphics legible and file size

  Option 1: upload your documents through the fields provided in the online application form. Large files may take up to five minutes to upload, so please be patient.
  OR
  Option 2: in the designated field in the online application form, you may provide a link where staff can access your files through a file sharing provider (e.g. dropbox).

  Planning staff will review your application, then contact you for fee payment and/or additional information as needed.

  Alternately, you may submit a PDF development application form and your required document attachments by emailing planning@portmoody.ca.

  • Development application form (PDF)