Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0858/18EYK

861 St Clair Ave W

Ward 9 · Alejandra BravoDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 23 November 2018; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 45; 4 meetings · 6 offices

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 861 St Clair Ave W
Ward: Ward 9 · Alejandra Bravo
Submitted: 23 November 2018
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 23 May 2019
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 mixed use building.

Linked lobbying registrations

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2558961 Ontario Ltd · registration SM26302
to obtain City Site plan approvals and variances through the Committee of Adjustment for the proposed mixed use development at 861-863 St Clair Ave W
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.85
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 SM26302: to obtain City Site plan approvals and variances through the Committee of Adjustment for the proposed mixed use development at 861-863 St Clair Ave W (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0858/18EYK at 861 St Clair Ave W: To construct a mixed use building. (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: …in City Site plan approvals and variances through the Committee of Adjustment for the proposed mixed use development at 861-863 St Clair Ave W
Matched fields
address
861-863 ST CLAIR AVE W
application_address
861 ST CLAIR AVE W

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 45 communications · 4 meetings · 6 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Councillor Bailao22
Ward 21 St. Paul's12
Ward 9 Davenport8
Office of the Chief Building Official1
Toronto Building1
Ward 18 Davenport1

Data table· 6 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Councillor Bailao	Councillor staff	22	1	6 May 2020
Ward 21 St. Paul's	Member of council	12	2	15 November 2018
Ward 9 Davenport	Member of council	8	0	24 June 2020
Office of the Chief Building Official	City staff	1	0	2 September 2019
Toronto Building	City staff	1	0	4 September 2019
Ward 18 Davenport	Member of council	1	1	14 November 2018

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Joe Pantalone Consulting1 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 9

27 lobbied · 333 matched

Median days

Lobbied169
Matched, unlobbied134

Approval rate

Lobbied67% n=27
Matched, unlobbied95% n=279

Refusal rate

Lobbied33%
Matched, unlobbied5%

Appeal rate

Lobbied26%
Matched, unlobbied6%

Objection rate

Lobbied29%
Matched, unlobbied30%

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 9: 27 lobbied and 333 matched unlobbied applications in 9 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	27	169	67% (n=27)	33%	26%	29%
Matched, unlobbied	333	134	95% (n=279)	5%	6%	30%

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.