Completed Applications can be submitted between 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays). Please email a copy of your application submission to planning-applications@abbotsford.ca so that it can be reviewed for completeness before bringing in your submission to City Hall.
If you have questions about the application, please email planning-applications@abbotsford.ca for assistance.
Development Services Forms
To schedule a meeting with City staff prior to submitting an application, please review the Development Inquiry Meeting Information.
Application Forms & Fees
- Development Application Form (Fillable PDF)
- Supportive Recovery Use Application Form (Fillable PDF)
- Application for Final Approval to Subdivide (Fillable PDF) (only submit once all PLA conditions have been fulfilled)
- Historic Downtown Revitalization Tax Exemption Application Form (Fillable PDF)
- Sidewalk Patio Permits (Fillable PDF)
- Administrative Change Request Form (Fillable PDF)
- Letter of Authorization Form (for development applications) (Fillable PDF)
- Fees & Charges
- Transportation Impact Assessment Terms of Reference
- Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Information Guides
- Rezoning Information Bulletin
- Subdivision Information Bulletin
- ALC Application Guide
- Development Permits (form & character, environmental, agricultural)
- Mixed Use Centre Development Permit Guidelines
- Multifamily Residential Development Permit Guidelines
- Commercial Development Permit Guidelines
- Industrial Development Permit Guidelines
- Protection of Agriculture Development Permit Guidelines
- Natural Environment Development Permit Guidelines
- Steep Slope Development Permit Guidelines
- City Centre Development Permit Guidelines
- Historic Downtown Development Permit Guidelines
- University Village Development Permit Guidelines
- McKee Village Development Permit Guidelines
- Steep Slope Development Permit Guidelines (McKee Neighbourhood Plan)
- Wildfire Hazard Development Permit Guidelines (McKee Neighbourhood Plan)
Guidelines for development permits can be found in the Official Community Plan Bylaw, Part V - Development Permit Guidelines in the Official Community Plan (OCP) or within the applicable Neighbourhood Plan.
For inclusion, subdivision, boundary realignment or non-farm use applications, you will need to review the ALC's Before You Start an Application information.
To make an ALC application, you will need to first submit an application to the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission via their Online Application Portal. Once you have applied through the ALC, complete and submit an ALC Application to the City of Abbotsford Planning Services Division. As part of the application submission, a printout of your Provincial Agricultural Land Commission Applicant Submission will be required.
For more information on the ALC Application process and application requirements, please refer to the ALC Application Guide.
Please review our Fees & Charges document for applicable application fees.
To make a Liquor Licence or Provincial Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Licence application, you will need to first submit an application to the Liquor & Cannabis Regulation Branch, then submit a completed LCRB Application Form and all required supporting documentation to the City of Abbotsford Planning Services Division.
For more information on Provincial Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Licences, please see Council's Cannabis Retail Store Policy (C005-11) or the Cannabis November 2020 Bulletin.