Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0171/21SC

Ward 20 · Parthi KandavelDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 3 May 2021; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 2; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 3; 0 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 743 Warden Ave
Ward: Ward 20 · Parthi Kandavel
Submitted: 3 May 2021
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 22 September 2021
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 permit the construction of a 9-storey (plus mechanical penthouse), mixed-use building, with at-grade commercial uses and a total of 206 dwelling units. Cross Reference Site Plan Control Application: 18 162812 ESC 35 SA

Linked lobbying registrations

These links are inferred by lobbyTO from file numbers and addresses named in the registration (task L2); the registry does not record which application a registration concerns.

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Dymon Storage Corporation · registration SM32380
743 Warden Avenue, Toronto
Evidence High confidence · score 0.91
A model scored this link 0.9 or higher out of 1. Links are not checked by a person; links scored this high are usually right but can be wrong.
Source records
- Registration SM32380: 743 Warden Avenue, Toronto (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0171/21SC at 743 Warden Ave: To permit the construction of a 9-storey (plus mechanical penthouse), mixed-use building, with at-grade commercial uses and a total of 206 dwelling units. Cross Reference Site Plan Control Application: 18 162812 ESC 35 SA (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 743 Warden Avenue, Toronto
Matched fields
address
743 WARDEN AVE
application_address
743 WARDEN AVE
Zahavish Downtown Developments Ltd. · registration SM30968
For the property with municipal address: 743 Warden Avenue Toronto, Ontario Planning and Development Applications
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.89
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 SM30968: For the property with municipal address: 743 Warden Avenue Toronto, Ontario Planning and Development Applications (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0171/21SC at 743 Warden Ave: To permit the construction of a 9-storey (plus mechanical penthouse), mixed-use building, with at-grade commercial uses and a total of 206 dwelling units. Cross Reference Site Plan Control Application: 18 162812 ESC 35 SA (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: For the property with municipal address: 743 Warden Avenue Toronto, Ontario Planning and Development Applications
Matched fields
address
743 WARDEN AVE
application_address
743 WARDEN AVE

Lobbying on linked registrations

2 linked registrations · 3 communications · 0 meetings · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest3

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest	Member of council	3	0	14 December 2020

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

MacNaughton Hermsen Britton Clarkson Planning1 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.

Stafford Development Inc.
SM29119 · 5 November 2019 · “743 Warden Avenue.”
Mattamy Homes Limited
SM25404 · 7 December 2017 · “743 Warden Ave”
The Goldman Group
SM11541 · 14 April 2008 · “743 Warden Avenue”

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 20

9 lobbied · 295 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 20: 9 lobbied and 295 matched unlobbied applications in 7 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	9	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	295	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.

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.