A complete development application package brings together all the technical engineering documents required for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, or Site Plan Approval in a single, coordinated submission. For most Ontario development applications, the engineering component includes a Functional Servicing Report, a Stormwater Management Report, a Servicing Plan, and a Grading Plan — all of which must be internally consistent and cross-referenced.
Applications submitted with incomplete or internally inconsistent engineering documents are routinely returned by municipal staff before entering formal review, adding weeks to the approval timeline. Preparing these documents as a coordinated package — with consistent design assumptions, matching reference drawings, and a common design basis — eliminates the internal inconsistencies that trigger technical incompleteness notices.
For OPA and ZBA applications, the engineering package is typically accompanied by a planning justification report prepared by the planning consultant, but the technical engineering content requires a separate licensed P.Eng. to prepare and seal it. Bous Engineering coordinates directly with your planning consultant to ensure that the engineering package and the planning report are consistent in their assumptions and scope descriptions.