Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0230/24TEY

Ward 14 · Paula FletcherDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 6 March 2024; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 285-297 Danforth Ave
Ward: Ward 14 · Paula Fletcher
Submitted: 6 March 2024
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 24 April 2024
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 existing place of worship (Danforth Church) by demolishing the southern portion of the building and constructing a rear eight-storey addition, including one-storey side (east and west) additions as outlined in Site Plan Application 23 110029 STE 14 SA. The new addition will front Bowden Street and will provide 32 affordable dwelling units and 18 bedsitting rooms. The northern portion of the existing place of worship (fronting Danforth Avenue) and the southeastern tower (fronting Bowden Street) will be retained. The current application is also necessitated to correctly identify variances (as cited in Variance Numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 below) that were not requested in Minor Variance Decision A0404/23TEY.

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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 14

4 lobbied · 69 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 14: 4 lobbied and 69 matched unlobbied applications in 4 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	4	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	69	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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