LotSimple

North Island · Vancouver Island, BC

Every rule on your lot, read for you.

What you can build, what's in the way, and what's been approved near you before — in plain English, for any lot we cover.

Free check on any lot we cover. Reports from $20.

Thinking of buyingWondering what you can addListing itWeighing a subdivision

Pricing

Start free. Go deeper if the lot is worth it.

Every tier covers the same lot. Each one adds more of what you need to decide.

Start here

Free check

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The basics on any lot we cover.

  • Lot outline, size and dimensions
  • The zone it's in
  • Units allowed under the provincial housing rules
  • Flags for floodplain, farmland, streams and wildfire

EMAILED TO YOU

For owners

Handbook

$20CAD + GST

"What am I allowed to do with my place?"

  • Everything in the free check
  • Fences, hedges and retaining walls
  • Decks, sheds, pools and hot tubs
  • Trees, parking, RVs and boats
  • Rentals, home business, suites and hens
  • A yard plan of your lot showing where each rule applies

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The report

LotSimple

$50CAD + GST

"What can I actually do here?"

  • Everything in the Handbook
  • What the zone lets you build, in plain English
  • Setbacks and buildable area, sketched on your lot
  • Permit areas on the lot and what each one triggers
  • A LotSimple score, so you can compare lots at a glance
  • 12 months of alerts if the rules on your lot change
  • Checked automatically against the bylaw

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For a project

LotSimple Plan

$249CAD + GST

For buyers with a subject to remove, and anyone planning to build.

  • Everything in LotSimple
  • What's been applied for and approved nearby
  • Your project placed on the lot — extra homes, a garage, shop, studio or shed
  • Which agencies and studies you'll face — and what to ask them
  • Cost and time ranges for your project
  • The permits and professionals you'd need, in order

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Written by people

LotSimple Develop

QuotedPER LOT

For a subdivision, a multiplex, or anything that needs approvals.

  • Everything in Plan
  • Read and written up by real people
  • What the documents don't show
  • Your routes forward, costed, with next steps
  • Typically half what a planning consultant charges
  • Paid on delivery, whether or not you go ahead

QUOTED BEFORE WORK STARTS

Realtors and builders: team plans from $199 a month. Every tier is information about the land — none of them tells you what to pay for it. See note 2. See sample reports for every tier →

Coverage

Twelve areas, loaded.

Each area is fully loaded before it goes live. Outside these, a report covers provincial rules and mapping only.

  • City of Campbell RiverMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • City of CourtenayMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • Town of ComoxMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • Comox Valley Regional DistrictELECTORAL AREAS A, B, CLoaded
  • Strathcona Regional DistrictELECTORAL AREASLoaded
  • Village of CumberlandMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • Village of Gold RiverMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • Village of SaywardMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • Village of TahsisMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • Town of Port McNeillMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • District of Port HardyMUNICIPALITYLoaded
  • City of Powell RiverMUNICIPALITYLoaded

Your area isn't on the list?

Send the address anyway. Requests decide which jurisdiction gets loaded next, and you'll hear when yours is live.

Order

Send the address.

Free checks come straight back by email. Paid reports get an invoice first, and nothing is charged until the lot is confirmed as covered.

Your address and email are used only to prepare and deliver your report. They're not sold or shared.

How deep

Notes

Read before relying on any report
  1. What this is

    LotSimple is research. It explains what the public record says about a parcel, in plain language, with every finding cited to its source.

  2. What it isn't

    It isn't a real estate service. LotSimple doesn't advise what to pay for a property, find property for you, or act in a purchase or sale. It isn't legal, planning, engineering, survey or financial advice either.

  3. It doesn't replace the professionals

    A report is a starting point, not a substitute for a title search, a survey, a geotechnical or environmental assessment, or a pre-application meeting with the local government. It tells you which of those you'll need.

  4. The bylaw governs

    The adopted bylaw, as interpreted by the local government, is always the final word. If a report and the bylaw disagree, the bylaw wins. Confirm anything you'll spend money on with the planning department.

  5. Dated, not live

    Every report shows the date each document was read. Bylaws, permit areas and provincial rules change, sometimes quickly. A report is accurate to its date, not to the day you read it.

  6. Public sources only

    Published bylaws and plans, local government records, provincial mapping and legislation. Nothing private, nothing from behind a login. If a public record is wrong or out of date, a report built on it will be too.

  7. Precedent isn't a promise

    What council approved before shows how a request has been treated in the past. It doesn't bind a future council, and a variance or rezoning is never guaranteed.

  8. How it's made

    Free checks, Handbooks, LotSimple and Plan reports are produced and checked automatically. Develop reports are read, checked and written up by real people before they're sent.

  9. Corrections

    Found something wrong? Send it to hello@lotsimple.ca with the report date. You'll get a reply within 48 hours, and corrected findings are re-issued free.

  10. Who builds this

    LotSimple is built and run by a small team in Campbell River, BC.

NOTES REVISED 10 SEPT 2026 PRICES IN CAD, PLUS GST