Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0901/24TEY

Ward 14 · Paula FletcherDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 7 October 2024; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 1555 Queen St E
Ward: Ward 14 · Paula Fletcher
Submitted: 7 October 2024
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 27 November 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 alter the redevelopment standards (as approved under Site Specific Zoning By-laws 831-2020 and 832-2020) for a 16 and 17-storey mixed-use building, (which is currently under construction), by increasing the maximum interior floor area for a retail store (at-grade grocery store) as well as the vertical projections for solar equipment on the roof, and to reduce the minimum height of the first storey, the soft landscaping along the west lot line, and the minimum above ground separation distances.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

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

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
SM32532 · 5 November 2021 · “1555 Queen Street East”

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 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 14: 4 lobbied and 69 matched unlobbied applications in 4 matched strata
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.

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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