Get your Leduc basement permit ready
the first time.
Below: everything Leduc asks for, researched from the city's own pages. Better: a free tool that reads a photo of your hand-drawn plan and tells you what's missing — before the permit counter does.
Why bother getting it right first
The paperwork is the cheap part
1 in 5
permit applications audited in Toronto were missing required documents at intake — and cities everywhere are cracking down on incomplete files
$1,200–$8,000
what permit consultants and design firms charge to do this thinking for you
$0
to find out if your own drawing is ready — the free tier covers the whole planning stage
Sources: Toronto Auditor General building-permit audit, Feb 2024; published GTA consultant rate guides. Alberta has its own version of the same problem — that's why Leduc's list below matters.
The official list
What Leduc asks for
Researched from leduc.ca on 2026-07-18. Not yet independently verified — requirements change, and the city's own page always has the final say. No fees listed on purpose: fee schedules change, so check the city's page for current amounts.
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Residential Building Permit Application
The city publishes a dedicated Basement Development Permit Package walking through all of it.
- 2
Complete floor layout
All rooms and dimensions where work is being done; use of all rooms; door and window locations with dimensions; list of wall materials; interconnected smoke alarm and CO alarm locations; bathroom exhaust fan type and size; electrical, plumbing, and heating layouts for the work.
- 3
CityView uploads for Basement Development
Floor plan, list of materials, fire safety plan, and landowner authorization form.
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Construction fire safety plan
Site address visible from the street, a muster point within a block, and adjacent-property protection; hot works need their own plan.
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Engineering documentation — only for structural work
Removing or altering columns, beams, or load-bearing walls, or making openings in exterior walls (windows or doors).
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Permit fee
Varies by project type and size — schedule on the city's page.
How to apply
Create a CityView account (cityview.leduc.ca) and submit the documents there.
Here's the part nobody else does
A list is nice. A checked drawing is ready.
Every item above has to actually appear on your drawing — and missing items are exactly how applications bounce. Done By the Book closes that gap in three steps:
Print the free worksheet
A drawing worksheet built for permit drawings — measurement checklist on one side, sketch grid on the other. Pencil and paper. No signup.
Photograph your sketch
Snap it with your phone. The app reads your hand-drawn plan — room labels, dimensions, windows, the works.
See exactly what's missing
A readiness report, item by item, in your city's own terms — with where to write each missing thing on your drawing. Fix, re-scan, repeat until it's ready.
Then it walks the whole build with you
The app won't open the construction stage until your permit is issued — on purpose. After that: a stage-by-stage walkthrough in build order, with inspection checkpoints so nothing gets covered up before it's inspected.
And it shops your materials list around
Quantities from your measurements, priced at real stores from their own listed prices — one-stop totals, plus the cheapest-per-item route. On our test basement it found $703 in savings just by splitting the list across three stores.
Who inspects in Leduc
City of Leduc Safety Codes Servicesmunicipal
Phone: 780-980-7124 · website
Apply through the City's CityView Portal
8 money programs may apply to a Leduc basement or suite project
Every program on our list is checked against its official page, with the date shown — including the closed ones that ads still sell. Most of them require a permitted, inspected project, which is exactly what this app gets you.
See the verified money listShow up to the Leduc counter ready
Sketch it tonight, scan it tonight, and know what's missing tonight. Free to start, works on your phone, in 8 languages — and it never pretends to be the city: the final say is always theirs.
Start my Leduc project — freeDone By the Book is independent guidance for homeowners, built with certified Alberta safety codes officers. It is not affiliated with the city and never guarantees approval — it helps you show up prepared. Permits in Alberta are required under the Safety Codes Act before regulated building, electrical, plumbing, gas, and HVAC work.