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

Development application 17 173706 STE 22 OZ

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Status: OMB Approved; Approved
Submitted: 5 June 2017; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 14; 9 meetings · 4 offices

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 30 Merton St
Ward: Ward 12 · Josh Matlow
Submitted: 5 June 2017
Status: OMB Approved
Outcome recorded: Approved
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: Yes

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

Description

This development application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a residential rental building at 37 storeys in height including a 5-storey base building. The proposed building would contain 352 apartment units, 126 residential parking spaces on levels 3 through 5, and 207 commercial parking spaces in a 3-level underground commercial parking garage and on the ground floor.

Linked lobbying registrations

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QuadReal Property Group Limited Partnership · registration SM24078
Lobbying for rezoning and official plan amendments for the following project: 30 Merton Street.
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.89
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Source records
- Registration SM24078: Lobbying for rezoning and official plan amendments for the following project: 30 Merton Street. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 17 173706 STE 22 OZ at 30 Merton St: This development application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a residential rental building at 37 storeys in height including a 5-storey base building. The proposed building would contain 352 apartment units, 126 residential parking spaces on levels 3 through 5, and 2… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Lobbying for rezoning and official plan amendments for the following project: 30 Merton Street.
Matched fields
address
30 MERTON ST
application_address
30 MERTON ST

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 14 communications · 9 meetings · 4 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Josh Matlow6
Josh Matlow3
Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul's2
Ward 24 Willowdale2
Ward 22 St. Paul's1

Data table· 5 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Josh Matlow	Councillor staff	6	5	25 May 2026
Josh Matlow	Member of council	3	0	2 April 2025
Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul's	Member of council	2	2	20 May 2022
Ward 24 Willowdale	Member of council	2	1	3 April 2018
Ward 22 St. Paul's	Member of council	1	1	31 March 2017

Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

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

QuadReal Property Group Limited Partnership
SM24206 · 16 March 2017 · “30 Merton St.”

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 12

44 lobbied · 60 matched

Approval rate

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

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied0%

Appeal rate

Lobbied14%
Matched, unlobbied10%

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

571 lobbied · 760 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=78
Matched, unlobbied96% n=78

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied4%

Appeal rate

Lobbied12%
Matched, unlobbied14%

Data table· 4 rows

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 12: 44 lobbied and 60 matched unlobbied applications in 26 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	44	—	100% (n=9)	0%	14%	0.02
Matched, unlobbied	60	—	100% (n=9)	0%	10%	0.04

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide: 571 lobbied and 760 matched unlobbied applications in 344 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	571	—	100% (n=78)	0%	12%	0.08
Matched, unlobbied	760	—	96% (n=78)	4%	14%	0.05

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