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

Development application 21 240661 ESC 21 OZ

Ward 21 · Michael ThompsonDataset pageCity application pageReport an error on this page

Status: OMB Approved; Approved
Submitted: 23 November 2021; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 3; 3 meetings · 2 offices

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 36 Ellesmere Rd
Ward: Ward 21 · Michael Thompson
Submitted: 23 November 2021
Status: OMB Approved
Outcome recorded: Approved
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: Yes
Size stated in the description: 187 units; 14,533 m² gross floor area

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

Description

Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 12-storey mixed-use building with 187 dwelling units retail at-grade and three levels of below-grade parking containing 218 vehicular parking spaces. The proposed total gross floor area is 14,533 square metres, resulting in a floor space index of 3.4 times the area of the lot.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Starbank Group of Companies · registration SM33182
Redevelopment of 36-40 Ellesmere Road
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.85
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Source records
- Registration SM33182: Redevelopment of 36-40 Ellesmere Road (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 21 240661 ESC 21 OZ at 36 Ellesmere Rd: Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 12-storey mixed-use building with 187 dwelling units retail at-grade and three levels of below-grade parking containing 218 vehicular parking spaces. The proposed total gross floor area is 14,533 square metres, resulting in a floor space index of 3.4 … (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Redevelopment of 36-40 Ellesmere Road
Matched fields
address
36-40 ELLESMERE RD
application_address
36 ELLESMERE RD

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 3 communications · 3 meetings · 2 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Michael Thompson2
Ward 21 Scarborough Centre1

Data table· 2 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Michael Thompson	Councillor staff	2	2	26 April 2022
Ward 21 Scarborough Centre	Member of council	1	1	26 April 2022

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

BDP Quadrangle1 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 21

15 lobbied · 21 matched

Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

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 21: 15 lobbied and 21 matched unlobbied applications in 12 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	15	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	21	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

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