Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0970/23TEY

Ward 9 · Alejandra BravoDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 1 November 2023; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 0; 0 meetings · 0 offices

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 386-394 Symington Avenue
Ward: Ward 9 · Alejandra Bravo
Submitted: 1 November 2023
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 17 January 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 development standards for a residential building approved under Site Specific Zoning By-law 1156-2022(OLT), as amended under City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013, by increasing the height and floor space index and reducing the number of parking spaces.

Linked lobbying registrations

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TRICON Residential · registration SM34585
394 Symington Ave Minor Variance -COA. Seeking additional height and density.
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.89
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Source records
- Registration SM34585: 394 Symington Ave Minor Variance -COA. Seeking additional height and density. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0970/23TEY at 386-394 Symington Ave: To alter the development standards for a residential building approved under Site Specific Zoning By-law 1156-2022(OLT), as amended under City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013, by increasing the height and floor space index and reducing the number of parking spaces. (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 394 Symington Ave Minor Variance -COA. Seeking additional height and density.
Matched fields
address
394 SYMINGTON AVE
application_address
386-394 SYMINGTON AVE

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 0 communications · 0 meetings · 0 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

No communications recorded.

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Palacio Land Development Strategies Inc.1 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.

The Symington Holdings Ltd.
SM22595 · 21 December 2015 · “386-394 Symington Avenue”

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.

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Lobbyists choose whom to contact, so a difference does not show a change of mind.