Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0031/26TEY

Ward 4 · Gord PerksDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 6 January 2026; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 403 Keele St
Ward: Ward 4 · Gord Perks
Submitted: 6 January 2026
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 4 March 2026
Decision: Approved
Objection at the hearing: Not recorded
Appealed: No appeal recorded

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

Description

To alter the development standards for the 11-storey mixed-use building (35.8 m in height) containing commercial uses on the ground floor with 281 residential dwelling units (as approved under Site Specific Zoning By-Law 1289-2023, as amended by By-law 705-2024), by increasing the metric height of the building by 3 m, reducing the floor to ceiling height of the first storey, modifying building stepbacks, and reducing the width of 43 bicycle parking spaces on the below grade level 1 and the ground floor. There will be a total of 276 residential dwelling units on this lot. This proposal is not substantially in accordance with the previously approved Site Plan Control application (approved under File Number 20 22 140177 STE 04 SA). A new Site Plan Control application is required. The applicant has not submitted a new Site Plan Control application.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

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

Core Development Group Ltd.
SM32918 · 8 February 2022 · “403 Keele Street”

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 4

8 lobbied · 130 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 4: 8 lobbied and 130 matched unlobbied applications in 6 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	8	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	130	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.