For all the following types of project, you should contact the experts in our Urban Planning and Development Division to get your project approved and obtain the necessary permit or certificate.
Consult the detailed list
Projects in a Residential Zone (Single-Family Dwellings, Duplexes)
Demolition of a building
Demolition of an accessory building or a pool
New building
Addition
Porch or vestibule
Solarium, veranda
Modify or renovate the exterior of a building
Exterior finishes: alteration or changing materials (including roofing): color, type of materials, style, renovating existing finishes
Changes to doors, windows and garage doors, even if the existing opening remains: color, type, modulation, style, bay window, enlarging of existing openings
Structural changes: interior and exterior
Landscaping: adding or modifying paved surfaces, planting hedges in front yards (respecting new green bands & vegetation and plant coverages)
Changing grade levels (raising or lowering land levels)
Balcony, patio or terrace
Driveway: enlarging or repaving driveway and/or installing heated driveways (must be equipped with a drainage system)
Creating an habitable attic space, dormers or skylights
Plumbing: adding or relocating fixtures; repairing private sewage system
Geothermal system
Garden shed or cabana
Gazebo, arbour or pergola
Fence
Retaining wall
Drilling, underpinnings and underground earth-retaining wall (mur berlinois)
Swimming pool, spa or pond
Irrigation system
Mechanical equipment: heat pump, air conditioning or generator units
Solar panels
Antenna
Tree cutting
Location of a garbage/recycling container
Playgrounds
Projects in Community, Institutional, Multi-family, Commercial or Industrial Zones
Demolition
New Building
Addition
Interior and exterior renovations
Changing of exterior finishes
Modification to openings
Café-terrace
Signage
Occupancy: opening of a new business or modification of an existing business
Driveway and Parking area: enlarging or repaving driveway and/or installing heated driveways (must be equipped with a drainage system)
Landscaping: adding or modifying paved surfaces, planting hedges in front yards (respecting new green bands & vegetation and plant coverages)
New loading areas
Plumbing: adding or relocating fixtures, repairing private sewage system
Geothermal system
Accessory building
Fence
Retaining wall
Drilling, underpinnings and underground earth-retaining wall (mur berlinois)
Irrigation system
Pad-mounted transformer (TSS)
Location of the garbage/recycling container
Mechanical equipment: heat pump, air conditioning or generator units