Development application · Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)

Development application 16 194679 STE 20 OZ

54 Sussex Ave; 698 Spadina Ave; 700 Spadina Ave; 702 Spadina Ave; 704 Spadina Ave; 706 Spadina Ave

Ward 11 · Dianne SaxeDataset pageCity application pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Closed (outcome not recorded)
Submitted: 21 July 2016; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 2; 0 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 54 Sussex Ave; 698 Spadina Ave; 700 Spadina Ave; 702 Spadina Ave; 704 Spadina Ave; 706 Spadina Ave
Ward: Ward 11 · Dianne Saxe
Submitted: 21 July 2016
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Closed (outcome not recorded)
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: No appeal recorded

Source: City of Toronto open data (Development Applications; Committee of Adjustment Applications). Dataset page · City application page

Description

Application to permit a 23-storey (75.1 metres including mechanical penthouse), 230-unit (508-bed) student residence with 406 square metres of retail uses on the first floor and a two-storey base building that would conserve and incorporate the existing building at 698 Spadina Avenue, as well as a 3-storey (9.4 metres), 10-unit apartment building (including six rental replacement units) on the west side of the property at 54 Sussex Avenue.

Linked lobbying registrations

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University of Toronto · registration SM25014
Development Applications for 698-704 Spadina Avenue
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.79
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Source records
- Registration SM25014: Development Applications for 698-704 Spadina Avenue (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 16 194679 STE 20 OZ at 700 Spadina Ave: Application to permit a 23-storey (75.1 metres including mechanical penthouse), 230-unit (508-bed) student residence with 406 square metres of retail uses on the first floor and a two-storey base building that would conserve and incorporate the existing building at 698 Spadina Avenue, as well as a … (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Development Applications for 698-704 Spadina Avenue
Matched fields
address
698-704 SPADINA AVE
application_address
698 SPADINA AVE

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 2 communications · 0 meetings · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina2

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina	Member of council	2	0	12 October 2017

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Cassels Brock & Blackwell1 registration

Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

Text matches on the address only. They are not linked to this application unless listed above.

None.

Comparison with similar 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.

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 11

69 lobbied · 60 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=9
Matched, unlobbied100% n=4

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied0%

Appeal rate

Lobbied10%
Matched, unlobbied11%

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide

573 lobbied · 763 matched

Median days

Lobbied1,925
Matched, unlobbied1,793

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=64
Matched, unlobbied98% n=70

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied2%

Appeal rate

Lobbied13%
Matched, unlobbied13%

Data table· 4 rows

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 11: 69 lobbied and 60 matched unlobbied applications in 31 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	69	—	100% (n=9)	0%	10%	0.04
Matched, unlobbied	60	—	100% (n=4)	0%	11%	0.03

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide: 573 lobbied and 763 matched unlobbied applications in 344 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	573	1,925	100% (n=64)	0%	13%	0.08
Matched, unlobbied	763	1,793	98% (n=70)	2%	13%	0.05

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Large and complex applications attract both lobbying and longer reviews, and matching cannot remove every difference between applications, so a difference does not show that lobbying changed how an application was reviewed.

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