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What development applications are active near the home?
Each city keeps a record of the planning applications it is processing: rezonings, official plan amendments, site plans, subdivisions and minor variances. The check lists the applications on file within 300 m of the address.
Report check: Development applications within 300 m. Entry reviewed 20 Oct 2026; each source below shows its own data date.
How a report shows itsample, made-up home
2 active applications, including a 9-storey building 140 m away.
- 140 m north-east
- 9-storey mixed use, 112 units · under review
- 260 m south-west
- Lot severance into two lots · approved
Where we read it
- Toronto
- Ottawa
- Hamilton
- Guelph
- Brampton
- Other Ontario
the town's own records– not in our reports there yet
Published byCity of TorontoCity of OttawaCity of HamiltonCity of Guelph
What the record is
Toronto's Application Information Centre, Ottawa's Development Application Search Tool and the Hamilton and Guelph application maps are the records read, with Brampton's planning records added through the City's own published data. Each entry carries the application type, status and a description of what is proposed.
The report line counts the applications within 300 m and names the closest or largest, with the type and status of each. A proposal next door shows up here years before anything is built.
Where it runs
What the report reads for this check depends on what each municipality publishes.
What we read in each town6 towns, each with its source and date
| City | What the report reads |
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| Other Ontario | Not in our reports here yet. The municipality doesn't publish an open list of planning applications we can map here. Its planning department lists current applications on its website, often with a map. List of Ontario municipalities |
Sources
- City of Toronto Application Information Centre: data date updated daily
- City of Ottawa Development Application Search Tool: data date refreshed every 3 hours
- City of Hamilton Development Applications: data date last 5 years, updated monthly
- City of Guelph Current Development Applications Map: data date current / active only
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Guelph. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Ottawa. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Contains public sector Data made available under the City of Hamilton's Open Data Licence.
Check one address
This check answers the dealbreaker “Applications next door” on the order form. It is in the full report, with the other 54 checks, for any Ontario home.
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