Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0275/20SC

Ward 21 · Michael ThompsonDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 4 November 2020; 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: 1550 Birchmount Rd
Ward: Ward 21 · Michael Thompson
Submitted: 4 November 2020
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 facility for indoor vertical farming of vegetables. NOTE: The facility being constructed will grow from seed to full sized vegetable using hydroponics and will not involve any soil or any live animals, fish and insects. Operations involved include the seeding, transplanting of vegetables, packaging and shipping of the products to clients.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Lavi Developments Inc. · registration SM30835
1550 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD, SCARBROUGH, ON M1P 2H1 PLAN 4811 BLK F NOW RP 64R11561 PART 2 Planning and Development Applications
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.77
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Source records
- Registration SM30835: 1550 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD, SCARBROUGH, ON M1P 2H1 PLAN 4811 BLK F NOW RP 64R11561 PART 2 Planning and Development Applications (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0275/20SC at 1550 Birchmount Rd: To permit a facility for indoor vertical farming of vegetables. NOTE: The facility being constructed will grow from seed to full sized vegetable using hydroponics and will not involve any soil or any live animals, fish and insects. Operations involved include the seeding, transplanting of vegetable… (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 1550 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD, SCARBROUGH, ON M1P 2H1 PLAN 4811 BLK F NOW RP 64R11561 PART 2 Planning and Development Applications
Matched fields
address
1550 BIRCHMOUNT RD
application_address
1550 BIRCHMOUNT RD

Lobbying on linked registrations

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

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

No communications recorded.

Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

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

None.

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.