Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0516/26TEY

Ward 4 · Gord PerksDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Hearing Scheduled; In progress
Submitted: 8 July 2026; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 2; 2 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 40 Wabash Ave
Ward: Ward 4 · Gord Perks
Submitted: 8 July 2026
Status: Hearing Scheduled
Outcome recorded: In progress
Hearing date: 21 October 2026
Decision: —
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 detached building (Wabash Community Recreation Centre) with a west side attached outdoor activity space, a canopy over the west side main entrance, and solar roof panels on rear third floor and roof level. There will be a total of 10 surface parking spaces (including three accessible parking spaces), on the west side main entrance, accessed from Wabash Avenue. A related Site Plan Control application (File No. 24 180616 STE 04 SA) is currently under review and consideration.

Linked lobbying registrations

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THMR Development Inc. · registration SM36780
Site located at 40 Wabash Avenue for a proposed minor variance application.
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.86
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Source records
- Registration SM36780: Site located at 40 Wabash Avenue for a proposed minor variance application. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0516/26TEY at 40 Wabash Ave: To construct a new four-storey detached building (Wabash Community Recreation Centre) with a west side attached outdoor activity space, a canopy over the west side main entrance, and solar roof panels on rear third floor and roof level. There will be a total of 10 surface parking spaces (including … (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Site located at 40 Wabash Avenue for a proposed minor variance application.
Matched fields
address
40 WABASH AVE
application_address
40 WABASH AVE

Lobbying on linked registrations

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

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Data table· 2 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Gord Perks	Councillor staff	1	1	17 July 2025
Gord Perks	Member of council	1	1	17 July 2025

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Bousfields 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 4

8 lobbied · 130 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 4: 8 lobbied and 130 matched unlobbied applications in 6 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	8	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	130	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%

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.