Development PERmits
Home and Residential Development
A development permit is required for any residential development in Camrose County. This includes manufactured homes, mobile homes, modular homes, single detached dwellings, duplexes, townhouses and apartments. Accessory buildings such as shops and garages also require development permits, as do fences over 1.2 meters (4 feet) in height in front yards and over 1.8 meters (6 feet) in side and rear yards.
To begin the development application process you will need to complete the application form, include a site plan, construction plans (blueprints), and possibly approvals from Alberta Transportation and the Abandoned Wells. If additional approvals are required the Planning Department staff can assist you.
Shops and Outbuildings
An accessory building is one that is separate and subordinate to the main building, and the use of the building is incidental to the main building, but is located on the same lot. Accessory buildings would include sheds and shops, and includes fabric covered buildings.
Workshops are Permitted uses (if your development meets the provisions of the Land Use Bylaw) in certain zoning districts and a Discretionary Use in other zones. Call the Planning Office staff for more information.



If the accessory building is less than 10m2 and meets the setback requirements, no development permit is required.
Agricultural Buildings
An accessory farm building does not need a development permit, as long as it meets setback requirements (distances from property borders), and is not located in the Urban Fringe (areas close to urban centers)
Generally, a farm building is defined as a building that:
- Does not include residential occupancy
- Is located on a farm, zoned agricultural, and directly supports the primary farm operation
- Has a low occupancy load (there are not a lot of people in it)
- Is only used by the farmer and the farmer’s family
And the building is used for:
- Housing Livestock
- Storing, sorting, grading or bulk packaging primary agricultural products, or
- Housing, storing or maintaining farm equipment.
Permit Application Forms
- Development Permit Application
- Business Development Permit
- Provincial Roadside Development Permit (required for developments within 800m of highway unless exempt through HVMA)
- Provincial Sign Permit
- Agricultural Building Statutory Declaration
- Rural Address Sign Application
- Approach Construction Application
- Demolition Permit Application
Contact Us
Planning and Development Department
Manager - Anjah Howard
3755 - 43 Avenue,
Camrose, Alberta, T4V 3S8