Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0629/23NY

Ward 6 · James PasternakDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 4 December 2023; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 3; 1 meeting · 1 office

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 4926 Bathurst St
Ward: Ward 6 · James Pasternak
Submitted: 4 December 2023
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 15 February 2024
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 seek relief from site specific By-law 1167-2023(OLT), and permit revisions to the mixed-use development on the subject site, which was approved by OLT under file OLT-21-001815 on June 7, 2023. Related SA file 2021 249568 NNY.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Portal Developments Inc. · registration SM34787
4926 Bathurst Street site plan approval.
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.80
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Source records
- Registration SM34787: 4926 Bathurst Street site plan approval. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0629/23NY at 4926 Bathurst St: To seek relief from site specific By-law 1167-2023(OLT), and permit revisions to the mixed-use development on the subject site, which was approved by OLT under file OLT-21-001815 on June 7, 2023. Related SA file 2021 249568 NNY. (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 4926 Bathurst Street site plan approval.
Matched fields
address
4926 BATHURST ST
application_address
4926 BATHURST ST

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 3 communications · 1 meeting · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

James Pasternak3

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
James Pasternak	Member of council	3	1	8 February 2024

Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

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

4926 Bathurst Inc.
SM33190 · 29 April 2022 · “4926 Bathurst Street”
Portal Developments Inc.
SM32966 · 18 February 2022 · “4926 Bathurst St”
Portal Developments Inc.
SM30514 · 31 August 2020 · “4926 Bathurst Street.”

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 6

2 lobbied · 14 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 6: 2 lobbied and 14 matched unlobbied applications in 2 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	2	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	14	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.