Building and Renovating | Township of Minden Hills

The Township of Minden Hills Building Department offers building permit services to residents and businesses within Minden Hills.

We review permit applications, issue permits, and conduct inspections in accordance with the Ontario Building Code, the Building Code Act, the Township Zoning By-law and other applicable law.

Building Permits

A permit is required for:

New residential dwellings
Sleeping Cabin/Bunkie (any size)
Accessory buildings greater than 15 square metres including the deck, porch or loft
Additions to existing buildings or structures (any size)
Adding a bedroom
New or replacement decks or stairs
New or replacement piers under a building
Finishing the basement of a house
Creating an accessory apartment
Plumbing fixtures added or relocated
Replacing or adding new water supply lines or building drains and sewers
Removing a load bearing wall, column, lintel or beam
Re-insulating walls, ceilings or floors in a residential building
Wood stove, wood burning fireplace, or a wood furnace (interior or exterior)
Replacement of windows or doors, when the opening size is enlarged
Retaining wall that is greater than 1 metre (3' 3") in height, pending location
Solar Panels that are mounted to a building and have a face area of 5 square meters (53.8 square feet) or greater
Construction of a temporary enclosed tent to be used for human occupancy
Crib docks or other permanent docking systems
Changing the use of a building (example: a shed to a bunkie, or a church to a home)
Septic systems new, altered or replaced
Demolition of a structure greater than 10 square metres (108 square feet) in building.

Apply for a Building Permit online with Cloudpermit

The Township of Minden Hills is pleased to offer residents, builders and the business community – an online system to apply for and track your building permits.

The Cloudpermit building permit system allows you to apply for and to see the status of your application anywhere, at any time. You can start an application and finish it later and receive email updates on the status of your permit application. You can even request building inspections.

The Building Department's preferred method for applications is through Cloudpermit.

Separate Applications

The Building Department requires separate applications to be submitted for Septic, Building, and Demolition permits. Combined applications are not accepted.

Payment for Building Permits

You can pay for your building permit with a debit/credit card on Cloudpermit using Paymentus. Paymentus is a third-party service provider, which enables debit/credit card holders to make permit payments with Visa, Mastercard, and debit with a 2.5% service fee payable to Paymentus.

Two charges will appear on your card statement when you use the online payment option through Cloudpermit:

A principal payment amount (building permit fees), showing as a payment to the Township of Minden Hills.
A service fee amount, showing as a payment to Paymentus-Service-Fee.

Please note that credit card payments are accepted for online payments only. Credit card payments will not be accepted at the Municipal Office.

How to get started:

To start, create your Cloudpermit account by visiting https://ca.cloudpermit.com/login

Once registered, you can apply for building permits and track their progress online.

To apply for a Building Permit, click the button below.

Need help with Cloudpermit?

Getting Started with Cloudpermit: A step-by-step walk through from login to submitting your first application with the Cloudpermit Video

Cloudpermit Support

Cloudpermit System

This system digitizes the building permit process. With Cloudpermit you can:

Apply for all types of building permits online
Pay for a building permit using a credit card - convenience charge applies (coming soon)
Check the status of an application (change of application status or additional information requests will automatically be emailed to the applicant)
Schedule or cancel inspections
Check inspection results
Submit and request changes to an existing permit

Permit guides and permit applications

Permit fees

Refer to our User Fees page for building permit fees. Payment of a permit fee is due prior to the release of a building permit.

Code of Conduct for the Chief Building Official and Inspectors

The Township of Minden Hills Code of Conduct for Chief Building Official and Inspectors Policy

By-law enforcement

Bylaw Services is responsible for the enforcement of the following municipal by-laws:

Zoning By-laws
Bikes and Skateboards on Sidewalks
Noise
Parking
Property Standards
Refreshment Vehicles
Dogs and Kennels
Transient Traders or Peddlers

By-laws are located on the Minden Hills Civic Web.

If you have questions about By-law Enforcement, or have a complaint regarding violations related to these bylaws, please contact our office.

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