Municipal Consent - City of St. Thomas Application

PREVIEW ONLY. You must register and login in to service to make application.

Log in

* Please note that these are required fields

Please read carefully:

Municipal Consent is the municipality’s authorization for a utility to occupy a specific location(s) within the municipalities right-of-way. Municipal Consent will only be issued to utility companies, commissions, agencies, other municipalities, or private applicants who have a municipal access agreement with the municipality applied to. The project of adding or modifying the plant is often subject to a Work in Right-of-Way permit.

Additional Conditions and Comments

Municipal Consent Applications shall comply with the City of St. Thomas Standards and Design Guidelines found here: link
The City of St. Thomas Standard Contract Documents - Supplemental Specifications (latest revision) shall apply to all work within the Right of Way.
General Requirements:

1.       Utility locates shall be obtained prior to construction.
2.       All installations shall be completed to a minimum depth of cover of 0.76m in boulevards and 1.0m under any road.
3.       Where installations are within 1 meter of existing utilities the existing utility shall be exposed and hand excavation used.
4.       Work carried out within the City ROW shall be in accordance with Ontario Traffic Manual Book 7.
5.       Restoration shall be the responsibility of the utility and shall be in accordance with City standards.
6.       The City does not approve utility plant installed outside of City Right of Way (ROW) or easements.
7.       Should the installation differ due to field conditions please contact the City for alternate location approval.
8.       The City is not responsible for permits required by others.

UPDATE:
The City of St. Thomas passed the Fees and Charges bylaw (Bylaw 94-2025) on September 8, 2025. The new bylaw includes fees for engineering review of Municipal Consent Permit Applications as follows:

  • Municipal Consents for 100m or less of proposed infrastructure: $250.00
  • Municipal Consents for greater than 100m of proposed infrastructure: $680.00


These fees will come into effect on January 1, 2026. 

Payment will be required prior to approval of a Municipal Consent on the online permit portal. Payment can be made by credit card (VISA or Mastercard) over the phone by calling 519-631-1680, ext. 4161. Alternatively, payment can be made by coming to City Hall – Environmental Services Department (545 Talbot St., St. Thomas, ON N5R 3V7) and paying by cash, cheque, debit, or credit card.

Applicant Details

These fields may be automatically populated from a logged-in user's account details

Clear
*

If applying as an individual, please enter your first and last name or type "N/A"

*
*
*
*

If applying as an individual, please enter your home address

*
*
*

Date / Time

Location(s)

RIGHT CLICK to add locations of where plant is being added or move to. Right click multiple points for a line.”

Cancel Request

Location Details

Save
Cancel

The road information displayed is also available at m511.ca

Unable to find location from text entered.

Error getting location - please try again later or contact support.

Municipal Consent - City of St. Thomas Details

This field supports the addition of your internal reference for this application.
Identify the plant to be installed or moved, where, and the associated drawing number.

Select the applicable fee based on the total length of proposed infrastructure.

Office Use Only

This section can only be filled out by staff.

File Uploads

*


PREVIEW ONLY. You must register and login in to service to make application.

Log in

Resources

Privacy Statement

Terms Of Use

Manuals

About

Support

Transnomis Solutions Inc

Municipal511.ca