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

Development application 18 212287 STE 22 OZ

Ward 12 · Josh MatlowDataset pageCity application pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Closed (outcome not recorded)
Submitted: 20 August 2018; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 2; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 1; 0 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 26 Birch Ave; 36 Birch Ave
Ward: Ward 12 · Josh Matlow
Submitted: 20 August 2018
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Closed (outcome not recorded)
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: No appeal recorded
Size stated in the description: 27 units

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

Description

Application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 4-storey (13.4 metres) residential building containing 27 dwelling units. The proposed development provides 1 level of underground parking with 51 parking spaces for residents and 5 parking spaces for visitors. City Council approved the applicaiton in October 2019.

Linked lobbying registrations

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NDI (36 Birch Avenue) Inc. · registration SM25610
Rezoning application for 26-40 Birch Avenue
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.82
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 SM25610: Rezoning application for 26-40 Birch Avenue (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 18 212287 STE 22 OZ at 26 Birch Ave: Application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 4-storey (13.4 metres) residential building containing 27 dwelling units. The proposed development provides 1 level of underground parking with 51 parking spaces for residents and 5 parking spaces for visitors. City Council approved the applicaiton… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Rezoning application for 26-40 Birch Avenue
Matched fields
address
26-40 BIRCH AVE
application_address
26 BIRCH AVE
North Drive Investments Inc. · registration SM25589
Rezoning and Site Plan application for 26-40 Birch Avenue.
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.83
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 SM25589: Rezoning and Site Plan application for 26-40 Birch Avenue. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 18 212287 STE 22 OZ at 26 Birch Ave: Application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 4-storey (13.4 metres) residential building containing 27 dwelling units. The proposed development provides 1 level of underground parking with 51 parking spaces for residents and 5 parking spaces for visitors. City Council approved the applicaiton… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Rezoning and Site Plan application for 26-40 Birch Avenue.
Matched fields
address
26-40 BIRCH AVE
application_address
26 BIRCH AVE

Lobbying on linked registrations

2 linked registrations · 1 communication · 0 meetings · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Office of Councillor Matlow, Ward 121

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Office of Councillor Matlow, Ward 12	Councillor staff	1	0	5 February 2019

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Goodmans LLP1 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 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

Submission to the first decision status seen in our daily loads (measured from launch). Approval and refusal rates are among applications with a recorded decision.

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.