Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0183/21SC

Ward 21 · Michael ThompsonDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 19 May 2021; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 0; 0 meetings · 0 offices

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 1236 Birchmount Rd
Ward: Ward 21 · Michael Thompson
Submitted: 19 May 2021
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 23 June 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 a 15-storey mixed-use building comprising of 220 residential units and approximately 183 square metres of retail/commercial space and a total of 92 vehicular parking spaces. The proposal includes affordable rental housing units and the project was approved for the City's Open Door Affordable Housing Program. Cross-Reference Site Plan Control Application No. 20 126113 ESC 21 SA and Minor Variance Application A0159/17SC.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Birchmount Green Inc. · registration SM28163
1236 Birchmount Road
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.72
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Source records
- Registration SM28163: 1236 Birchmount Road (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0183/21SC at 1236 Birchmount Rd: To permit a 15-storey mixed-use building comprising of 220 residential units and approximately 183 square metres of retail/commercial space and a total of 92 vehicular parking spaces. The proposal includes affordable rental housing units and the project was approved for the City's Open Door Afforda… (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 1236 Birchmount Road
Matched fields
address
1236 BIRCHMOUNT RD
application_address
1236 BIRCHMOUNT RD

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 0 communications · 0 meetings · 0 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

No communications recorded.

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Stikeman Elliott LLP1 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.

Madison View Homes
SM22887 · 1 January 2016 · “1236 Birchmount Road”
Birchmount Green Inc.
SM22369 · 21 October 2015 · “1236 Birchmount Road”
Aldebrain Support Services of Ontario
SM12622 · 1 December 2008 · “1236 Birchmount Road”

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 21

3 lobbied · 48 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 21: 3 lobbied and 48 matched unlobbied applications in 3 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	3	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	48	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%

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