Address · Ward 12 · Josh Matlow

8 Birch Ave

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Registrations naming this address: 1; 1 client organisation
Communications on those registrations: 2; 1 offices contacted
Applications at this address: 1; 1 published links to lobbying
Council and committee items: 0; Items naming this address

About this address

Ward: Ward 12 · Josh Matlow
Location: 43.68145, -79.39182
How this address was located: Matched exactly to a City of Toronto address point.

Sources: City of Toronto Lobbyist Registry, Development Applications, Committee of Adjustment Applications and Address Points (open data). Lobbyist Registry · Development Applications · Committee of Adjustment · Address Points

Registrations that mention this address

These registrations name this address in their particulars, after the address was standardised (street type and direction abbreviations). This is a text match, not an inferred link.

Registrations by communications

WOODCLIFFE LANDMARK PROPERTIESSM36638 · 22 May 20252

Offices contacted on registrations that mention this address

Josh Matlow2

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Josh Matlow	Councillor staff	2	2	23 May 2025

All registrations· 1 row

Registration	Client	As written	Subject matter	Dates	Communications
SM36638	WOODCLIFFE LANDMARK PROPERTIES	8 Birch Avenue	Planning and Development; Rental Housing Demolition or Conversion	22 May 2025 – 27 November 2025	2

Development and Committee of Adjustment applications at this address

Submitted 25 April 2022Site Plan Approval (SA)Development application 22 137869 STE 12 SAUnder Review · In progress

Data table· 1 row

Application	Type	Submitted	Status
22 137869 STE 12 SA Development application	Site Plan Approval (SA)	25 April 2022	Under Review In progress

Linked lobbying registrations

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2 Birch Ave · Site Plan Approval (SA)
22 137869 STE 12 SA · submitted 25 April 2022 · Under Review · from registration SM31829 (WOODCLIFFE LANDMARK PROPERTIES)
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.70
A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.
Source records
- Registration SM31829: Rezoning, rental replacement and site plan applications for properties located at 1196-1210 Yonge Street & 2-8 Birch Avenue, Toronto. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 22 137869 STE 12 SA at 2 Birch Ave: Site plan approval applicaton to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 14-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 200.80 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 10,226.60 square metres. 67 residential units are proposed, of which, 8 units are ren… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Rezoning, rental replacement and site plan applications for properties located at 1196-1210 Yonge Street & 2-8 Birch Avenue, Toronto.
Matched fields
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1196-1210 YONGE ST
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1196 YONGE ST

Council and committee items naming this address

None.

Comparison with similar applications

Development applications

Lobbied applications are compared only with unlobbied applications of the same type, in the same ward, submitted in the same year and of the same size band (units or floor area from the description; sub-type for Committee of Adjustment files). Unlobbied applications are weighted to match the lobbied group. Raw lobbied versus unlobbied averages are not reported.

Site Plan Approval (SA), Ward 12

32 lobbied · 72 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=4
Matched, unlobbied100% n=6

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied0%

Appeal rate

Lobbied3%
Matched, unlobbied0%

Site Plan Approval (SA), City-wide

449 lobbied · 1,236 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=63
Matched, unlobbied97% n=98

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied3%

Appeal rate

Lobbied4%
Matched, unlobbied3%

Data table· 4 rows

Site Plan Approval (SA), Ward 12: 32 lobbied and 72 matched unlobbied applications in 23 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	32	—	100% (n=4)	0%	3%	0.00
Matched, unlobbied	72	—	100% (n=6)	0%	0%	0.05

Site Plan Approval (SA), City-wide: 449 lobbied and 1,236 matched unlobbied applications in 307 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	449	—	100% (n=63)	0%	4%	0.07
Matched, unlobbied	1,236	—	97% (n=98)	3%	3%	0.04

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Lobbyists choose whom to contact, so a difference does not show a change of mind.