The Township of Scugog has announced a record in building permit revenues for the year ended 2023.
Meantime, the township’s director of development services, Kevin Heritage, said implementing significant legislative changes and the downloading of consent applications from the Region of Durham to the local area municipalities will continue to be at the forefront in 2024.
He said Bill 23 introduced fundamental changes to the land use planning system in Ontario through legislative amendments to various pieces of legislation. These changes are intended to expedite planning approvals and reduce the overall costs for developers with the ultimate goal of developing 1.5 million homes by 2031 in Ontario.
In a report on the township’s building services activity with comparative data for past years, Scugog, in 2023, realized building permit revenues of more than $941,000 (see image below).
The township said it also collected the second highest amount of municipal Development Charges since 2018.
It said Development Charges were collected in 2024 for approximately half of the building permits applied for in the later half of 2023 by Delpark Homes in the amount $1,479,835.
The following chart represents the year-over-year workload of the Building Section. During the peak between 2020 and 2021, the Building Section had two qualified inspectors, in addition to the Chief Building Official, to review plans, issue permits, conduct inspections and enforce the Ontario Building Code where buildings were being constructed without permits.
In 2023, the township received the third highest number of building permit applications over the last six (6) years.
Of the 449 building permit applications received in 2023, 183 were for residential dwellings, which is the second highest in the last six years.
The number of building permits issued in 2023 (272) is below the five year average of 340 due to the large number of permits for residential dwellings, which take longer to process, in addition to increased inspection and enforcement activities.
You May Also Wish To Read
Residents trigger cut in height of planned multi-tower project