Fill, ponds, and soil in Cramahe

Who it's for

Cramahe is one township in Northumberland County. The work on this page is for people on land in that township: a farm, a rural lot, a build, or a house.

• Colborne
• Castleton
• Morganston
• Salem
• Dundonald
• rural Cramahe

Landowners call about fill on their land or a pond. Contractors call with clay, gravel, or sand to move, or with a job that needs fill. Homeowners call about a driveway, a garden, or a small grade change. If the ground cannot take the job, we say so.

A nearby area we cover: Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay, Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, and the rural city).

What applies in the township

These are the same offers as the rest of Soil Swap, named for this place. Each one links to the page that explains it.

• Clay, gravel, and sand

  Free fill pickup in Colborne, or elsewhere in the township, means this: when clean clay, gravel, or sand is a good fit, we assess it, dig it, and haul it away at no cost to you. Contaminated soil, waste, and mixed debris are not a pickup.

• Pond digs

  Pond digging in Cramahe, when the soil is good: a farm or recreational pond for the cost of the work. Nothing is priced by Soil Swap on this page.

• Soil you need

  Clean fill in Castleton, Colborne, or on a farm lot, for a lane, a pad, or a build. What a load costs is said on the call.

• Soil that needs a home

  Builders with soil to move can match it to a local site that can take it, instead of treating disposal as the only option.

• Soil management

  We coordinate sampling and help with the O. Reg. 406/19 paperwork when that rule applies. A qualified person still signs what the regulation assigns to a qualified person.

• Firewood, brush, mulch, gravel, and grindings

  The same match covers organics, granular, and grindings. Say whether you have the material or need it.

• Income from permitted fill

  A fill permit in Cramahe is the Township's decision. On a job we take, landowners can be paid for clean fill placed under that permit. The amount is in a written agreement. No rate is posted here.

• Land that can take fill

  Open farm and rural land is the usual receiving site. Permit before loads. The Township still decides.

A pond may still need a municipality or a conservation authority to say yes. We do not promise that permit. Questions already answered site-wide are on the FAQ.

Fill rules in Cramahe

The Township publishes a Township of Cramahe Site Alteration and Fill Permit Application on its Township applications, licences, and permits page. The form says it is for dumping fill, removing fill, or altering grades in the municipality. A numbered site alteration by-law was not posted on the Township pages checked for this note. Confirm the governing by-law, and the current fee, with the Township before you move soil. The notes below are what that application states. They are not a permit.

Three volume tiers

The application prints three operations. Permit fees on the form are marked non-refundable. A complete application takes ten business days to review.

• Minor, under 100 cubic metres

  The form says no fee is required.

• Small, 100 to 500 cubic metres

  The form prints a fee of $500.

• Large, more than 500 cubic metres

  The form prints a fee of $500, plus $1.00 per tonne of fill.

Those amounts are what the Township's current application form prints. They are Township fees, not a Soil Swap price. Confirm them with the Township before you apply.

What the application asks for

The form asks for the owner and the applicant, the purpose of the operation, and the source of the fill: name, address, municipality, and the owner of the source land if that is someone else. It asks for the truck route, whether other lands are affected, and a securities cost estimate: the estimated collective cost of installing the fill, sediment and erosion control, seeding or sodding, and the restoration that is required. The form does not print a fixed security dollar amount.

The checklist asks for a certificate from the owner, the applicant, a qualified person, or a geotechnical engineer that the fill contains no contaminated fill. It also lists a site plan, a grading plan, a tree preservation plan, an erosion and sediment control plan, a mud and dust control plan, and the trucking route.

Lower Trent, and excess soil

The application has a line for whether a Lower Trent Region Conservation Authority permit is required. The Township's building permit guide says development in a conservation-regulated area needs a construction and fill permit from Lower Trent Conservation before a building permit is issued, under section 28 of the Conservation Authorities Act and O. Reg. 41/24, and that Lower Trent confirms whether the property is in its area. Lower Trent Conservation's website lists 613-394-4829.

Excess soil in Ontario is also covered by O. Reg. 406/19. A township application does not replace that regulation. On a job we take, we help sort out the township permit and that paperwork. The Township still makes the permit decision.

The municipal office listed on the applications page is 1 Toronto Street, Colborne. The phone is 905-355-2821. The toll-free number is 1-877-272-4263. Office hours on that page are Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Building Department email is building@cramahe.ca.

This is general information so you know what to ask about. It is not legal, engineering, or environmental advice. Whether a rule applies depends on the material, the site, and the volume. If this page and the official text differ, the official text wins.

Start with a call or a text

Say where the land is, whether you have soil or need it, and roughly how much. There is no form.