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The drafting table, open.
Two tools that run on the page, three templates you can read and copy on the page, six guides. They are the first stage of every ADB project, the zoning check and the pre-consultation, written so an owner or investor can run it alone before spending on drawings.
Tools that run here
- Lot check: can it be severed?Your frontage, area and the minimums from your zone: the page says two lots, a variance, or no, and what to check next.Open
- Fee calculatorBuild area and construction cost per square foot to the ADB fee, fixed at signing and split across the three stages.Open
Templates on the page
- Pre-consultation checklistWhat to bring to the meeting with the city and the study list you leave with, as a sheet.Open it free
- Project budget sheetSoft costs, hard costs, fees and contingency by stage, from zoning check to occupancy.Open it free
- Severance document listEvery document a consent application usually needs, who provides it, and the conditions to clear after approval.Open it free
Guides
- How to sever a lot in OntarioWhat a lot severance (consent) is in Ontario, who decides it, the steps from zoning check to new deed, and what makes an application succeed.6 min
- Minor variances in Ontario: the four testsWhat a minor variance is, the four tests the Committee of Adjustment applies under the Planning Act, and how to prepare an application that passes.5 min
- Three units on one lot: additional residential units in OntarioSince the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, most urban residential lots in Ontario can hold up to three units. What that means and what still applies.5 min
- What a development consultant does, and when you need oneArchitect, planner, builder or development consultant? Who does what on a small Ontario infill or severance project, and how fixed-fee project management works.4 min
- How to read your zoning by-lawWhat an Ontario zoning by-law controls (use, setbacks, height, lot frontage and area, parking, coverage), where to find yours, how to read the zone table for your lot, and the three numbers that decide whether a severance or an extra unit is realistic.5 min
- The pre-consultation meeting: what to bringHow a pre-consultation meeting with an Ontario municipality works before a severance, rezoning or site plan application: who attends, what to bring (survey, concept sketch, zoning check, photos, questions), what the planners tell you, and the list of studies you leave with.5 min
All three templates and the guides in one series. Free.
Leave your email and you get the links to the pre-consultation checklist, the project budget sheet and the severance document list, each open on its page, plus a short series of practical emails on severances, infill and building in Ontario.
- All three templates, open on the page
- A short series of practical emails
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When you want ADB to run it
Book a project review
Two questions, then the address and your details. We review the property against the zoning before we call, so the first conversation is about your lot, not a sales pitch.
Nothing in chat is legal or planning advice for a specific property. Your municipality's by-law in force prevails.
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