Forms, Applications & Permits

• 2025 Municipal Grant Application Form (See Municipal Grants & Recognition Policy)
• Bed & Breakfast Application Form (See Bed & Breakfast By-law)
• Boarding, Lodging or Rooming House Application Form
• Complaint Reporting
• Dog Licence Application
• Marriage Licence Application Form
• Volunteer Firefighter Application Form
• Recognition Certificate Form for Special Events and People (See Municipal Grants & Recognition Policy)
• Refreshment Vehicle Licensing Application

• Municipal Closed Meeting Investigation

• Liquor Licence Application: Municipal Compliance
• Municipally Significant Event Application
• Trailer Park Licence Application
• Request for Fire Incident Report

• Building Permit Information Package
• Major Project Building Permit Application - for major projects, such as dwellings and dwelling additions
• Minor Project Building/Demolition Permit Application- for minor projects, such as accessory structures
• Sewage Systems Guide and Building Permit Application Package
• Demolition Permit Application Package 
• Demolition Permit Check List- to be submitted with Demolition Permit Application
• Application 357 to remove assessed value- to be completed after Demolition for Taxation purposes (Deadline: February 28th of the following year) Deck Guide
• Fencing:
• Fence Brochure
• Fence By-law 2016-032
• Fence Variance Application
• Swimming Pool Permit Application and Requirements
• Sample Set of Construction Drawings
• Heat Recovery Ventilation Report
• Woodstove & Chimney Information
• Otonabee Conservation Permit Forms
• Peterborough Health Permit Forms
• Telecommunications Towers/Antenna Facilities Protocol 
• Tent Information Sheet
• Trailer Park Decks Information, Authorization, Application and Guide
• Sign Permits:
  • Sign Permit Guidelines
  • Temporary Sign Permit Application
  • Permanent Sign Permit Application
• Complaint Reporting (By-law or Property Standards)
• Request for Tax Certificate, Work Order, Building, Survey & Zoning Information

• Development Charges 
• Minor Variance (Committee of Adjustment):
  • Minor Variance Guidelines
  • Minor Variance Application via Cloudpermit
    
• Zoning By-law Amendment:
  • Zoning By-law Amendment Guidelines
  • Zoning By-law Amendment Application
• Official Plan Amendment Application
• Severance Application Process
• Site Plan:
• Site Plan Guidelines
• Site Plan Application
• Secondary Dwelling Unit:
  • Guide to Developing a Second Unit
  • Application to License a Second Unit
• Garden Suites:
  • Garden Suites Guidelines
  • Garden Suites Application

Tax and Finance Forms

Did you know you also have self serve options through Virtual Town Hall (VTH)?  

• Accounts Payable: Vendor Direct Payment EFT Application
• Property Tax: Application 357 to remove assessed value (Deadline: February 28th of the following year)
• Change of Mailing Address Form
• Property Tax: Charity Tax Rebate. Authorized by the Peterborough - County By-law 2022-23 & Application Form (deadline: last day of February the following year)
• Property Tax: Tax Relief for Low Income Seniors and Low Income Persons with Disabilities within the County of Peterborough - County By-law 2022-24 & Application Form (deadline: November 15th of the current year)
• Request for Property Tax Statement (used only when a copy of the final tax notice is not acceptable)
• Request for Tax Certificate, Work Order, Building, Survey & Zoning Information
• Lakefield Water & Sewer forms

PAP - Preauthorized Tax Payments

• PAP - Preauthorized Tax Payment Form 

Email the Finance department for amount calculations. 

Arrangements for the Arrears Management Plan can be made by contacting the Taxation and Billing Supervisor.  

• Entrance & Culverts Application
• Municipal Consent Application