Machine 01Free betaToronto / small residential interior alterations

Catch the hold-up
before the hold-up.

Feed Permit a searchable PDF. It checks whether the expected submission pieces leave a clear trace before you send the package to Toronto.

No approval score. No code-compliance claim. If the machine cannot support a call from the package and the current City checklist, it refuses to make it.

MACHINE / 01 / PERMIT

Feed it the package.

Toronto beta / small residential interior alterations / searchable PDF only

INPUT / 01NO PAYMENT / BETA

DROP THE PACKAGE HERESearchable PDF / 15 MB max / processed in memory

SCOPE / SIX QUICK ANSWERS

Plumbing or drain work?

New or relocated plumbing, drains or water-service work.

New exterior opening or second suite?

This changes whether Toronto expects a site plan.

Engineer-sealed drawings?

If yes, Toronto expects the engineering responsibility form.

HVAC work?

Permit will flag the separate mechanical requirements check.

Party wall involved?

Toronto gives a specific linked-property permit instruction.

Issued Zoning Applicable Law Certificate?

Toronto currently uses this as part of a complete application.

Submission-completeness decision support only. Not an approval, code opinion, or substitute for Toronto Building or a qualified professional.

WMS / PERMIT MACHINE 01WAITING

/01READPull only what is actually in the package.

/02CHECKCompare it against the active evidence set.

/03REFUSEDrop anything that cannot be grounded.

/04DONEReturn the useful part. Nothing more.

INPUT / PDFRULE / EVIDENCE BEFORE CONFIDENCEOUTPUT / ONLY WHAT HOLDS UP

OUTPUT / EMPTY

No dashboard.
Just the hold-ups.

Permit checks whether the expected submission pieces leave a strong text signal in the PDF. It does not pretend to approve the design.

THE LINE

Useful without pretending to be the city.

/01

Find the pieces

Look for the forms, plan sheets and conditional documents Toronto says belong in this kind of package.

/02

Show the limit

A text extractor can miss oddly named or image-only sheets. “Not found” means check it, not “the document definitely is not there.”

/03

Leave judgment human

Signatures, drawing quality, fees, code compliance and the final permit decision remain with the applicant, professionals and Toronto Building.

SOURCE OF TRUTH

Start with Toronto.

Permit is intentionally narrow and its checklist is versioned. City requirements can change. Toronto Building and the applicable authority make the final determination.

Toronto — Interior Alterations↗Toronto — Building Permit Review Streams↗

Catch the hold-upbefore the hold-up.