Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0016/21SC

Ward 25 · Neethan ShanDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: OMB Appeal; Refused
Submitted: 8 January 2021; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 3; 3 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 4694 Kingston Rd
Ward: Ward 25 · Neethan Shan
Submitted: 8 January 2021
Status: OMB Appeal
Outcome recorded: Refused
Hearing date: 22 July 2021
Decision: Refused
Objection at the hearing: Not recorded
Appealed: Yes

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

Description

To permit the construction of a twelve-storey mixed-use building with 168 residential units and 65 square metres of office space. Cross reference application: Site Plan Application 2019 256358 ESC 25 SA.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Firmland Acquisitions Corporation · registration SM27902
Applications in support of redevelopment of 4694-4696 Kingston Rd.
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.76
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Source records
- Registration SM27902: Applications in support of redevelopment of 4694-4696 Kingston Rd. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0016/21SC at 4694 Kingston Rd: To permit the construction of a twelve-storey mixed-use building with 168 residential units and 65 square metres of office space. Cross reference application: Site Plan Application 2019 256358 ESC 25 SA. (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Applications in support of redevelopment of 4694-4696 Kingston Rd.
Matched fields
address
4694-4696 KINGSTON RD
application_address
4694 KINGSTON RD

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 3 communications · 3 meetings · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park3

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park	Member of council	3	3	1 September 2021

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Bousfields Inc.1 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.

Minor variance (MV), Ward 25

1 lobbied · 9 matched

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

Minor variance (MV), City-wide

173 lobbied · 3,646 matched

Median days

Lobbied126
Matched, unlobbied114

Approval rate

Lobbied75% n=154
Matched, unlobbied91% n=3,058

Refusal rate

Lobbied25%
Matched, unlobbied9%

Appeal rate

Lobbied19%
Matched, unlobbied4%

Objection rate

Lobbied43%
Matched, unlobbied27%

Data table· 4 rows

Minor variance (MV), Ward 25: 1 lobbied and 9 matched unlobbied applications in 1 matched stratum
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	1	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	9	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

Minor variance (MV), City-wide: 173 lobbied and 3,646 matched unlobbied applications in 103 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	173	126	75% (n=154)	25%	19%	43%
Matched, unlobbied	3,646	114	91% (n=3,058)	9%	4%	27%

Submission to hearing. Approval and refusal rates are among applications with a recorded decision.

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