Apply for an Official Plan amendment, rezoning or plan of subdivision

Submit an application to the City to propose changes to the Mississauga Official Plan, the Zoning By-law or to subdivide land.

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Request a pre-application meeting

To initiate your application, submit a pre-application meeting request in ePlans. You can choose to waive your pre-application meeting later.

After we receive your pre-application meeting request, we’ll review the drawings and documents.

  • A cover letter that includes:
    • Applicant and property owner names
    • Brief description of the proposal
    • Proposed tenure
    • Development application(s) you’re seeking
    • Request for a formal pre-application meeting with City Staff and external commenting agencies, if desired
  • Site plan, including the following:
    • Building footprint and dimensions (existing and proposed)
    • Building setbacks from all lot lines (existing and proposed)
    • Site statistics, such as lot area, existing and proposed gross floor area, and required and provided parking
    • Landscaped areas, buffers and dimensions
    • Site access, driveway location, parking areas and dimensions
  • Elevation drawings with height dimensions, such as floor-to-floor and overall building height
  • Floor plans, survey plan and images of the property and surrounding area, if available

Drawings and documents should be saved in the correct page orientation. Each drawing plan sheet should be saved as an individual file.

File names for all drawings should include the:

  • First letter of the discipline name, such as “A” for architectural, “C” for civic and “L” for landscape
  • 3-digit sheet number
  • Drawing type

For example: A100 Site Plan.

  1. Staff will schedule a meeting with you.
  2. At the meeting, we will give you feedback on your proposal, along with information on all the plans, studies and documentation that you must submit. All feedback will also be available in ePlans.
  3. Staff will provide you with a submission checklist.
  4. We will deduct the pre-application meeting fee from the application fee once you submit it.
  • Staff will upload a standard submission checklist to ePlans. It will list all required studies, as well as those required only in certain situations.
  • You and your consulting team must review the checklist to determine which studies are required for a complete application submission.

Submit your application

Log into ePlans and follow the steps to create an application request and pay the administration fee.

You’ll receive an email that includes your temporary project number and a request to upload your drawings and documents.

Review the terms of reference for details on the required information for each study, report or plan that you need to submit with your application.

Some or all of the forms and schedules may also be required.

City review, payment and decision

Pre-screen review

After you upload the drawings and documents, we’ll do a pre-screen review to check that the application meets requirements. This usually takes 3 to 5 business days.

If we need more information, we’ll email you. The application will move forward when you make all of the pre-screen corrections.

Payment

After we complete the pre-screen review, we’ll email you to let you know it’s time to pay your fees.

Submit your fee calculation worksheet for approval before you make a payment.

When your full payment is processed, we’ll create your application and email you an application number. We’ll then review your application to make sure it’s complete. You’ll receive an email:

  • if your application is incomplete
  • if we require more information
  • when your application has been deemed complete

Department review

All relevant City departments and agencies will review your application to make sure it meets requirements. You can view comments in your project status report in ePlans.

Planning and Development Committee

City staff will then compile a report on your application and present it to the Planning and Development Committee in a statutory public meeting. You may be requested to provide a presentation to the committee.

If you have applied for an Official Plan amendment and rezoning, this will occur within about 120 days. If you applied for a rezoning only, this will occur within about 90 days.

Decision

The Planning and Development Committee will make a decision on your application based on the report prepared by staff. Staff will typically recommend one of three potential options:

  1. Approval with or without conditions
  2. Further study by staff in consultation with you
  3. Refusal

If your application is refused, you may be able to appeal.

If you receive draft approval for a plan of subdivision, you’ll need to work with the City to meet conditions of approval before your subdivision can be registered with the Ontario Land Registry Office.

Contact us

If you have questions about application comments, contact your reviewers directly. The phone number and email address for each reviewer is located on the first page of the project status report in ePlans.

For general questions, call 311 (905-615-4311 outside city limits) or email eplans.devdes@mississsauga.ca.