Building applications and standard forms
Building permits ensure your project will be safely completed and structurally sound. Learn more about how to submit a building application and find the additional forms required by certain permits.
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Building application forms
We want to help make obtaining your building permit as efficient as possible. The first step in any building application process is to contact our team to discuss your project. This will help you understand what needs to be included in your application.
Here are the typical forms you must complete and include in your package when applying to us for a building permit:
- application for a permit to construct or demolish
- commitment to general reviews by architect and engineers
OBC matrixes
Ensure that a complete and accurate OBC matrix form is provided. A detail guide is available for each matrix to explain each section in detail.
- existing buildings and part 10/11 change of use and/or performance level (see the guide for completion)
- new buildings (see the guide for completion)
Standard forms
When you speak to our team, they will explain any forms that may be required in addition to our permit application. Depending on your project, this could include:
- alternative solution form
- building and fire code design form
- demolition agreement
- demolition tracking sheet
- development charges information sheet
- EEDS prescriptive form
- EEDS performance and other compliance form
- energy efficiency certification form
- flow control roof drainage declaration
- heat loss heat gain calculation summary sheet
- high building (OBC 3.2.6. and SB-4) design checklist for new buildings
- minor demolition agreement
- residential mechanical ventilation design summary – 2024 OBC
- residential mechanical ventilation design record – CSA F326
- SB-10 forms
- shoring and foundation design declaration
- sound transmission design declaration
For more information, please contact us at 519-741-2312.
Inspection forms
You may need these forms during your building inspections:
Land acknowledgement
The City of Kitchener is situated on the traditional territory of the Chonnonton, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee Peoples. We recognize our responsibility to act as stewards for the land and honour the original caretakers who came before us. Our community is enriched by the enduring knowledge and deep-rooted traditions of the diverse First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples who live in Kitchener today.