Drafting & Permits in Sherwood Park

From the mature streets around Sherwood Drive and Brentwood to newer subdivisions in Aspen Trails, Emerald Hills and Salisbury Village, Sherwood Park lots sit in zoning districts set by Strathcona County’s Land Use Bylaw. That bylaw decides what you can build, how big it can be, and how far it has to sit from your property lines. A development permit is the County confirming your project fits those rules — and it comes before the building permit that covers how the project is constructed.

The work we do most in Sherwood Park: secondary and garden suites for homeowners adding rental income or room for family, basement developments, home additions, and drawing packages for tenant improvements in the community’s commercial areas. When a project needs more than the current zoning allows, we also support rezoning applications to the County.

Because the County reviews both the zoning and the drawings, small mistakes — a setback measured wrong, a parking stall missed, a use that was never permitted — can send an application back and forth for weeks. We check the zoning first, before you pay for drawings, so the package that goes in is the package that gets approved.