Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0714/25TEY

Ward 11 · Dianne SaxeDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Refused
Submitted: 22 September 2025; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 501 Palmerston Blvd
Ward: Ward 11 · Dianne Saxe
Submitted: 22 September 2025
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Refused
Hearing date: 12 November 2025
Decision: Refused
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 three-storey apartment building with front and rear ground floor stairs (for three front and three rear entrances), two front and two rear second floor balconies, two front and two rear third floor balconies, two side (north) basement walkouts, and rooftop staircase access enclosure. Also, to convert the existing rear one-storey ancillary building (garage) into one garden suite by constructing a second story addition, a two-storey addition at the southwest portion of the building (with a complete basement addition below), and stairs at the west side of the building. There will be a total of 11 residential dwelling units on the lot (ten dwelling units within the apartment building and one dwelling unit within the garden suite).

Linked lobbying registrations

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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 11

16 lobbied · 354 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 11: 16 lobbied and 354 matched unlobbied applications in 9 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	16	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	354	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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