Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0343/16SC

Ward 23 · Jamaal MyersDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Refused
Submitted: 17 November 2016; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 5131 Sheppard Ave E
Ward: Ward 23 · Jamaal Myers
Submitted: 17 November 2016
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Refused
Hearing date: 16 March 2017
Decision: Refused
Objection at the hearing: Not recorded
Appealed: Yes

Source: City of Toronto open data (Development Applications; Committee of Adjustment Applications). Dataset page

Description

This application is for variances for a proposed residential development with four 3-storey stacked townhouse buildings and three 6-storey apartment buildings, connected by one level of underground parking on vacant land on the east side of Markham Road, between Sheppard Avenue E. and Orchid Place Drive. The proposed development would include a range of unit sizes, including family-sized units. This proposed development is also subject to Site Plan Control by the City of Toronto (File No. 16 153771 ESC 42 SA).

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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 23

3 lobbied · 32 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 23: 3 lobbied and 32 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	32	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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