Commercial permit resources
Review the development and building permit process to help navigate application requirements.
Development permits
Building permits
Note: To obtain application forms for permits under the 2011 Manitoba Building Code, email ppd‑bpx@winnipeg.ca.
- Construct new and/or additions - part 3 buildings (building design summary)
- Construct new and/or additions - part 9 buildings
- Interior and/or exterior alterations and change of use - part 3/9 buildings (commercial alteration design summary)
- Optional professional certificate program (OPCP)
- Demolition/removal building permit application form
- Other documents
- Architectural design summary
- Structural design summary
- Mechanical design summary
- Mechanical design summary - shell only
- Electrical design summary
- Manitoba energy code for buildings declaration
- Owner statement
- Required professional designer's certificate
- Declaration form for building permit application
- Declaration form for development permit application (Accessory Structures)
- Declaration form for development permit application (Accessory Structures-Downtown)
- Declaration form for development permit exemption (Interior Alterations)
- Declaration form for development permit exemption (Pools or Hot Tubs)
- Declaration form for development permit exemption (Pools or Hot Tubs - Downtown)
- Declaration form for development permit exemption (Solar Photovoltaic)
- Declaration form for development permit exemption (Solar Photovoltaic - Downtown)
- Richardson Report
Combined development/building permits
- Signs
- Signs - development and/or building permit application form
- Signs - development and building permit sample drawings
- Letter of authorization - digital signs
- Free-standing signs - structural requirements
- Emergency residential shelters - development and/or building permit application form
- Special events and temporary use - development and/or building permit application form
- Other documents
Trade permits
Other resources
- Wording for professional certification Letters:
- Final occupancy
- Interim occupancy
- No occupancy
- Required wording for the final Manitoba Energy Code for Buildings (MECB) certificate of compliance
- Encroachment application
- Temporary patios (registration program)
Note: Confirm addressing requirements for any new construction by emailing PropertyAddressing@winnipeg.ca
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