Oakville Site Alteration Permits

The Town of Oakville requires a building permit for most renovation, construction or demolition projects. A permit is needed to make sure the project follows the requirements of the Ontario Building Code, the Town of Oakville Zoning By-law and any other approvals. Site alterations that require a permit may include: (1) below or above ground swimming pools, (2) new infill residential homes or additions, (3) excavate, filling or landscaping that impacts existing drainage patterns, (4) pre-grading within a site plan application, (5) pre-grading or pre-servicing within a development application, etc.

This dataset includes over 1,000 site alteration permits issued by Oakville Building Services since 2018. The data fields of permits include permit number, permit date, current status of the permit, property address, permit description, etc. A permit may by initiated by owner, contractor, or architect. Each permit data is linked to its property address point data, and also other data such as street occupation permits, driveway entrance permits, excavation permits, ServiceOakville service requests, etc.

Statistics

This dataset includs 1100 site alteration permits issued by the Building Services of the Town of Oakville since 2018. The number of permits issued decreased by 47% in 2019 comparing with 2018, but then grows significantly year over year. It increases 60% in 2020 and 52% in 2021. In each year, there are ususally more permits issued in Feburary to April than other months, especially winter months.

The street with the most number of permits is Bridge Rd, followed by Liptay Ave.

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Stats on Permits by Permit Year

Permit YearPermitsPercent
2022105
9.54%
2021351
31.88%
2020230
20.89%
2019144
13.08%
2018269
24.43%
20172
0.18%

Stats on Permits by Street Name

Street NamePermitsPercent
BRIDGE RD11
1.00%
LIPTAY AVE10
0.91%

Stats on Permits by Permit Status

Permit StatusPermitsPercent
Closed562
51.04%
Issued441
40.05%
Ready to Issue55
5.00%
Under Review42
3.81%

Stats on Permits by Initiated By

Initiated ByPermitsPercent
Architect600
54.50%
Contractor242
21.98%
Owner231
20.98%

Dataset

This dataset includes over 1000 site alteration permits issued by the Building Services of the Town of Oakville since 2018. Each permit information contains permit number, permit date, status, description, initiated source, and the address location of the property. This site alteration permit dataset is linked to Oakville address point dataset, and other datasets such as various bulding permits, ServiceOakville requests, etc.

Dataset Information

SubjectLanduse and Development
JurisdictionBuilding Services, Town of Oakville, Province of Ontario
Data ProviderTown of Oakville
Sourcehttps://portal-exploreoakville.opendata.arcgis.com/