Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0142/26TEY

Ward 12 · Josh MatlowDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 18 February 2026; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 271 Russell Hill Rd
Ward: Ward 12 · Josh Matlow
Submitted: 18 February 2026
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 9 September 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, as approved by the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the Ontario Municipal Board), for a four-storey residential building (currently under construction), by increasing the metric height of the building from four-storeys (13.33 m) to five-storeys (17.03 m), the maximum gross floor area, the depth, and providing front terraces on the fourth and fifth storeys, as well as rear balconies on the second to fifth storeys. Also, to reduce the front and side yard setbacks, landscaped open space, and parking space dimensions (within a parking stacker) within the integral garage (below grade). A Site Plan Approval amendment application (File No. 20 26 169961 STE 12 SA) is currently under review. There will be a total of 8 residential dwelling units on this lot and 13 parking spaces within a below grade garage.

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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 12

20 lobbied · 357 matched

Median days

Lobbied106
Matched, unlobbied145

Approval rate

Lobbied50% n=12
Matched, unlobbied90% n=291

Refusal rate

Lobbied50%
Matched, unlobbied10%

Appeal rate

Lobbied35%
Matched, unlobbied5%

Objection rate

Lobbied86%
Matched, unlobbied30%

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 12: 20 lobbied and 357 matched unlobbied applications in 7 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	20	106	50% (n=12)	50%	35%	86%
Matched, unlobbied	357	145	90% (n=291)	10%	5%	30%

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%

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