Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0290/25NY

Ward 18 · Lily ChengDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 25 June 2025; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 2; 1 meeting · 1 office

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 72 Church Ave
Ward: Ward 18 · Lily Cheng
Submitted: 25 June 2025
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 23 October 2025
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 construct a four-storey apartment building with 14 residential units. This application was previously deferred at the Committee of Adjustment hearing on August 28, 2025.

Linked lobbying registrations

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YOU GAN WEI and XIAO JING WANG · registration SM36840
Introduction of Minor Variance application for 72 Church Avenue, North York
Evidence High confidence · score 0.91
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Source records
- Registration SM36840: Introduction of Minor Variance application for 72 Church Avenue, North York (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0290/25NY at 72 Church Ave: To construct a four-storey apartment building with 14 residential units. This application was previously deferred at the Committee of Adjustment hearing on August 28, 2025. (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Introduction of Minor Variance application for 72 Church Avenue, North York
Matched fields
address
72 CHURCH AVE
application_address
72 CHURCH AVE

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 2 communications · 1 meeting · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Lily Cheng2

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Lily Cheng	Member of council	2	1	21 August 2025

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

The Biglieri Group Ltd,1 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.

Jean Wang
SM35256 · 23 January 2024 · “72 Church Avenue”
Yougan Wei
SM34801 · 1 September 2023 · “72 Church Ave”
Yougan Wei & Jean Wang
SM34778 · 24 August 2023 · “72 Church Ave.”

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 18

9 lobbied · 202 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 18: 9 lobbied and 202 matched unlobbied applications in 5 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	202	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.