Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0476/21TEY

Ward 10 · Ausma MalikDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 12 April 2021; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 11; 3 meetings · 5 offices

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 292 Bremner Blvd
Ward: Ward 10 · Ausma Malik
Submitted: 12 April 2021
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 28 July 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 construct a new four-storey building for a "Flying Theatre", (known as Flyover Canada, a theatre simulator attraction) and ancillary retail uses.

Linked lobbying registrations

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FlyOver Canada LLC · registration SM29530
Review with City for Site Plan Approval, Minor Variances Approval and Building Permit Approval for the FlyOver Canada Attraction at 290 Bremner Blvd.
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.82
A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.
Source records
- Registration SM29530: Review with City for Site Plan Approval, Minor Variances Approval and Building Permit Approval for the FlyOver Canada Attraction at 290 Bremner Blvd. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0476/21TEY at 292 Bremner Blvd: To construct a new four-storey building for a "Flying Theatre", (known as Flyover Canada, a theatre simulator attraction) and ancillary retail uses. (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: …City for Site Plan Approval, Minor Variances Approval and Building Permit Approval for the FlyOver Canada Attraction at 290 Bremner Blvd.
Matched fields
address
290 BREMNER BLVD
application_address
292 BREMNER BLVD

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 11 communications · 3 meetings · 5 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Office of Councillor Cressy, Ward 106
John Tory, Mayor2
John Tory Mayor1
Office of Councilor Cressy Ward 101
Office of Councilor Joe Mihevc, Ward 101

Data table· 5 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Office of Councillor Cressy, Ward 10	Councillor staff	6	2	8 January 2021
John Tory, Mayor	Councillor staff	2	1	18 August 2020
John Tory Mayor	Councillor staff	1	0	18 June 2021
Office of Councilor Cressy Ward 10	Councillor staff	1	0	17 June 2021
Office of Councilor Joe Mihevc, Ward 10	Councillor staff	1	0	16 June 2022

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Bellwoods Project Management Inc.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.

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 10

20 lobbied · 261 matched

Median days

Lobbied136
Matched, unlobbied138

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=20
Matched, unlobbied93% n=214

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied7%

Appeal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied5%

Objection rate

Lobbied14%
Matched, unlobbied18%

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 10: 20 lobbied and 261 matched unlobbied applications in 8 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	20	136	100% (n=20)	0%	0%	14%
Matched, unlobbied	261	138	93% (n=214)	7%	5%	18%

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%

Submission to hearing. Approval and refusal rates are among applications with a recorded decision.

Large and complex applications attract both lobbying and longer reviews, and matching cannot remove every difference between applications, so a difference does not show that lobbying changed how an application was reviewed.

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