Brampton Landscaping Contractor · Reformity Inc.Landscaping & Grading in Brampton
Brampton's lot-grading guide gives a simple test: a yard should dry out within 48 hours of a rainstorm. Under the Site Alteration By-law, water standing longer because of regrading or fill is ponding. Before we design beds, patios or new sod, we find out how your lot is meant to drain. If the City has a lot grading plan for your house, it shows whether the lot drains rear to front or splits, and where the swales run. Older neighbourhoods may not have one, so we read the grades on site.
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Landscape & grading plan — Grading, drainage swale, tree protection and planting. Click to enlarge.
Retaining wall details
Drawn before we build
Drawn before we build in Brampton.
A grading and landscape plan: slopes away from the house, swales, downspout outlets, protected-tree zones, walls and planting. It's what site-alteration and tree permits ask for, and it keeps water off your foundation and your neighbour's.
Landscaping permits in Brampton
Retaining walls and regrading that changes your lot's grade or drainage aren't exempt minor landscaping in Brampton, so they need a Site Alteration Permit (and a wall over 1 m needs an engineer-certified design); Reformity prepares the site and grading drawings and the application for the owner to sign.
- Dimensions to your lot lines
- Materials, sizes and spacing
- Footing and base sections
- Code notes for the inspector
City of Brampton rules
Landscaping rules in Brampton.
Checked against official municipal and provincial sources. Lots differ, so we confirm the rules for your address at the quote visit.
Private trees
A permit is needed to remove a tree 30 cm or more in diameter (measured at 1.37 m) that's more than 2 m from an occupied building.
City of Brampton: treesConservation areas
Brampton is split between the Toronto and Region (TRCA) and Credit Valley (CVC) conservation authorities. Work near valleys and creeks may need their approval.
Credit Valley ConservationSite alteration & grading
Brampton's Site Alteration By-law 119-2024 requires a permit for most work that changes grade or drainage with fill. Gardens, walkways and driveway resurfacing are exempt if they don't alter the lot's approved drainage; installing or removing a retaining wall, or installing or filling in an in-ground pool, is not. Landscaping must not cause ponding on neighbouring land.
Site Alteration By-law 119-2024 (PDF)Front-yard paving
Brampton driveways must leave a 0.6 m strip of permeable landscaping (grass or plants; interlock, gravel and artificial turf don't count) along the side lot lines, on both sides of a detached lot, and parking on landscaping is banned. In the Mature Neighbourhood Driveway Regulation Area, lots under 22 m wide are limited to a 6 m driveway covering no more than half the front yard.
City of Brampton: drivewaysRetaining walls over 1 m
Under Ontario's Building Code, a retaining wall needs a building permit when its exposed height is over 1 m (3'3") and it's next to public property, access to a building, or private property open to the public. Those walls must be designed to the Code's structural (Part 4) rules.
Ontario Building Code, Div. A 1.3.3.5
What we build in Brampton
Full-service landscaping.
- Sod Installation
- Garden Beds & Plantings
- Retaining Walls
- Drainage & Grading
Neighbourhoods
Landscaping across Brampton.
- Bramalea
- Springdale
- Heart Lake
- Mount Pleasant
- Castlemore
- Sandringham-Wellington
- Fletcher's Meadow
- Credit Valley
- Downtown Brampton
- Churchville
- Snelgrove
- Vales of Castlemore
Brampton Landscaping FAQ
Quick answers.
Usually, yes. Brampton's Site Alteration By-law leaves installing or removing a retaining wall out of exempt minor landscaping, and the City's small-scale Site Alteration Permit application lists retaining walls as a project type. A wall under 1 m needs no building permit, but one over 1 m must have its design and installation certified by an engineer.
Brampton's Site Alteration By-law 119-2024 requires a permit for most work that changes grade or drainage with fill. Gardens, walkways and driveway resurfacing are exempt if they don't alter the lot's approved drainage; installing or removing a retaining wall, or installing or filling in an in-ground pool, is not. Landscaping must not cause ponding on neighbouring land.
A permit is needed to remove a tree 30 cm or more in diameter (measured at 1.37 m) that's more than 2 m from an occupied building.
Send the form on this page or call 437-241-6287. We reply within one business day, visit your Brampton property to measure and check the City of Brampton rules for your lot, and give you a fixed written price.
Free on-site quote
Planning landscaping in Brampton?
We'll measure, check the City of Brampton rules for your lot, draw it up and give you a fixed written price. One business-day reply.