Middlesex County Development Charges

You may be required to pay Middlesex County Development Charges for development or redevelopment projects, if you are:

• Constructing a new building
• Making an addition or alteration to an existing building that increases the number of residential units or the non-residential gross floor area
• Redeveloping a property or making interior alterations that result in a change of use to all or part of a building

Middlesex County Development Charges are levied County-wide.  There are no area charges. For a complete list of requirements, reference should be made to By-law No. 7291.

Development charges imposed under the Middlesex County Development Charges By-law are generally calculated, payable and collected on the date that a building permit under the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 23, as amended; if issued in relation to a building or structure on the land to which the development charge applies. In some cases, development agreements may change the payment timing. Where a development charge applies to land in relation to which a building permit is required, no building permit will be issued until the development charge has been paid in full. 

Middlesex County Development Charges, generally, are not imposed with respect to the following non-statutory exemptions:

• Industrial development
• Land, buildings, or structures used for a place of worship or for the purpose of a cemetery or burial ground and exempt from taxation under the Assessment Act
• Non-residential agricultural use buildings

As required by the Development Charges Act, 1997, as amended, and Regulation 82/98 the Treasurer for the County of Middlesex must prepare an annual financial statement reporting on the status and transactions relating to the development charge reserve funds for the previous year. This statement is presented to the Council of the County of Middlesex for their review and will be available on the County’s website.