Planning and permits

To apply for a development permit, complete the applicable development permit application.

• Commercial development permit application
• Residential development permit application

Submit your application to Development Services by email, drop it off in person, or mail it to:

Leduc County
Development Services
101-1101 5 Street
Nisku, AB T9E 2X3

For the 2024 bylaw amendment, Leduc County will use Statistics Canada's Building Construction Price Index (BCPI) as the inflation factor.

The BCPI measures change over time in contractors' prices to construct a range of new commercial, institutional, industrial and residential buildings. The contractor's price reflects the value of all materials, labour, equipment, overhead and profit to construct a new building. It excludes value added taxes and any costs for land, land assembly, building design, land development and real estate fees.

The BCPI is of use to government agencies undertaking economic analyses and other users that are interested in evaluating the impact of price changes on capital expenditures. 

Recommended index BCPI from 2017 to 2023

The below BCPI index starts in the year 2017 (baseline is 100) and the table demonstrates that in Q4 2023, the index for Edmonton is 135.3 for non-residential buildings. This indicates that what cost $1.00 in 2017 is now $1.35 at the end of 2023.

Type of building: non-residential buildings

Source: Statistics Canada

Based on the information provided by Statistics Canada for the BCPI for Edmonton, there is a 35.3 per cent increase to the index from 2017 to the end of 2023.

• An increase of 35 per cent is too significant to apply to the off-site levy fees in one year, so administration is recommending that a 12 per cent increase be applied to the fees for 2024 (one third of the 35.3 per cent increase or a 1.7 per cent increase per year from 2017 to 2024).
• The fees would acknowledge in part the realities of the inflationary increases to the cost of construction over the last seven years. The new fees would be as follows: 

2024 bylaw amendment: proposed fees

If off-site levies have already been fully paid on your property:

• These bylaw amendments will have no impact as off-site levies can only be collected once per property.

If off-site levies have not yet been paid on your property:

• Outstanding levies due to development or subdivision can be paid at the 2017 bylaw rate until the third reading of the new bylaw is complete, which is scheduled to take place on May 28, 2024.
• Outstanding amounts that remain after the third reading of the amended bylaw will be adjusted using the new rates.
• Off-site levies triggered by development permits or subdivision applications that are approved after the third reading of the new bylaw will be calculated using the new rates.

Section 648.1(1) of the Municipal Government Act (MGA) states the following:

Appeal of off-site levy

Any person may, subject to an in accordance with the regulations, appeal any of the provisions of an off-site levy bylaw relating to an off-site levy for a purpose referred to in section 648 (2) or (2.1) to the Land and Property Rights Tribunal on any of the following grounds:

a. that the purpose for which the off-site levy is to be imposed is unlikely to benefit future occupants of the land who may be subject to the off-site levy to the extent required by the regulations;

b. that the principles and criteria referred to in regulations made under section 694(4)(b) that must be applied by a municipality when passing the off-site levy bylaw have not been complied with;

c. that the determination of the benefitting area was not determined in accordance with regulations made under 694(4)(c);

d. that the off-site levy or any portion of it is not for the payment of the capital costs of the purposes set out in section 648(2) or (2.1), as applicable;

e. that the calculation of the off-site levy is inconsistent with regulations made under section 694(4) or is incorrect;

f. that an off-site levy for the same purpose has already been imposed and collected with respect to the proposed development or subdivision.