Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)
Committee of Adjustment application A0872/25TEY
- Status
- Closed
- Approved
- Submitted
- 25 November 2025
- No appeal recorded
- Communications on linked registrations
- 0
Application record
- Type
- Minor variance (MV)
- Addresses
- 257 Torrens Ave
- Ward
- Ward 14 · Paula Fletcher
- Submitted
- 25 November 2025
- Status
- Closed
- Outcome recorded
- Approved
- Hearing date
- 28 January 2026
- 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 alter the existing lawful non-conforming three-storey apartment building by converting the integral parking garages/bike storage area into two residential dwelling units, and a new long-term bicycle parking/storage area. There will be a short-term bicycle parking rack/storage area in the front yard, and two additional surface parking spaces (for a total of six spaces). Overall, there will be a total of 20 residential dwelling units on this lot. No visitor parking spaces will be provided.
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 14
4 lobbied · 69 matchedHidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Minor variance (MV), City-wide
173 lobbied · 3,646 matchedMedian days
Approval rate
Refusal rate
Appeal rate
Objection rate
Data table· 4 rows
| Group | n | Median days | Approval rate | Refusal rate | Appeal rate | Objection rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobbied | 4 | Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group. | ||||
| Matched, unlobbied | 69 | Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group. | ||||
| 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.
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Lobbyists choose whom to contact, so a difference does not show a change of mind.