Green Infrastructure Services (GIS)

The GIS Department reviews landscape and tree plans for development applications to ensure compliance with the following:

Official Community Plan
Community and Neighbourhood Plans
Development Permit Area guidelines
Zoning Bylaw
Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw
Other relevant municipal policies and bylaws.

GIS also inspects landscape installations including:

Street trees and boulevard landscaping
Wildlife habitat areas
Rain gardens
Trails and greenway amenities

Questions about existing parks or open spaces? Contact parks operations at opsinfo@tol.ca.

Development Tree Protection

Greenway Amenities

Landscape review requirements

Rezoning

Identifies greenway, park, trail dedications, and design requirements.
Requires tree protection, street trees, boulevard planting, and pedestrian connectivity.
Plans must be prepared by a Registered Landscape Architect.
Landscape works are secured through a servicing agreement before rezoning adoption.

Subdivision

Requires tree protection/replacement, street trees, and boulevard planting.
Detailed landscape drawings must meet construction standards.
Works are secured via a servicing agreement.
Small subdivisions (≤5 lots): Street trees provided via cash-in-lieu deposit.
Medium subdivisions (6–10 lots): Option to install or pay cash-in-lieu for street trees.

Development permit

Landscape drawings must meet Section DR5 of the Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw
Landscape drawings must reflect form and character guidelines.

Building permit (excluding detached single-family homes)

Drawings must meet Section DR5 and align with Council-approved rezoning and development permits.
Landscape works not covered by a servicing agreement are secured through the building permit.

Landscape review process

Application
Landscape Plan / Tree Plan Review
Servicing Agreement / Landscape Securities
Pre-Construction Meeting
Construction
Landscape Completion and initiation of required maintenance period
Return of Securities and Landscape Acceptance

For further information, please see the Development Servicing page.

Security

Detailed and accurate cost estimates must reflect the landscape components shown on approved plans, with separate line items including installation costs.

Submission requirements

Use the Township-supplied spreadsheet (available below).
Submit separate estimates for:

Servicing agreement landscape work
Building permit landscape work (securities are collected at different approval stages.)

Download forms:

Greenway amenity contributions

Township Council has adopted Greenway Amenity Policies in the Brookswood-Fernridge and Willoughby areas to support the equitable development of public amenities.

These policies guide requirements for:

Greenways
Pocket parks
Wildlife habitat patches
Public art installations

They also identify eligible items for greenway amenity credit.

Learn more on the Greenway Amenity page.