Committee of Adjustment application · Consent (severance) (CO)

Committee of Adjustment application B0023/15SC

Ward 21 · Michael ThompsonDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 20 April 2015; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 2; 0 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Consent (severance) (CO)
Addresses: 37 Kecala Rd
Ward: Ward 21 · Michael Thompson
Submitted: 20 April 2015
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 6 October 2016
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

This application is for a proposal to sever the land at 37 Kecala Road into eight residential lots, each having frontage on Kecala Road as shown on the attached Lot Division Plan. New detached dwellings are proposed on seven of the proposed lots, shown as Lots 1 to 7. The existing heritage listed building (John A. Paterson House) would be retained on Lot 8. The existing place of worship building on the property is proposed to be demolished. This property is also the subject of an application to amend the zoning by-law to replace the existing Place of Worship zoning with new residential zoning and development standards for this proposal (File 15 143623 ESC 37 OZ).

Linked lobbying registrations

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Feeley Group · registration SM22243
Zoning By-Law Amendment and Consent Application, 37 Kecala Road, City of Toronto
Evidence High confidence · score 0.95
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Source records
- Registration SM22243: Zoning By-Law Amendment and Consent Application, 37 Kecala Road, City of Toronto (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application B0023/15SC at 37 Kecala Rd: This application is for a proposal to sever the land at 37 Kecala Road into eight residential lots, each having frontage on Kecala Road as shown on the attached Lot Division Plan. New detached dwellings are proposed on seven of the proposed lots, shown as Lots 1 to 7. The existing heritage listed b… (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Zoning By-Law Amendment and Consent Application, 37 Kecala Road, City of Toronto
Matched fields
address
37 KECALA RD
application_address
37 KECALA RD

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 2 communications · 0 meetings · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Ward 37 Scarborough Centre2

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Ward 37 Scarborough Centre	Member of council	2	0	11 October 2017

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Weston Consulting Group 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.

Aspen Way Investments Ltd
SM21050 · 17 November 2014 · “37 Kecala Road.”

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.

Consent (severance) (CO), Ward 21

3 lobbied · 5 matched

Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

Consent (severance) (CO), City-wide

26 lobbied · 179 matched

Median days

Lobbied184
Matched, unlobbied115

Approval rate

Lobbied79% n=24
Matched, unlobbied88% n=133

Refusal rate

Lobbied21%
Matched, unlobbied12%

Appeal rate

Lobbied15%
Matched, unlobbied3%

Objection rate

Lobbied25%
Matched, unlobbied25%

Data table· 4 rows

Consent (severance) (CO), Ward 21: 3 lobbied and 5 matched unlobbied applications in 2 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	3	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	5	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

Consent (severance) (CO), City-wide: 26 lobbied and 179 matched unlobbied applications in 21 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	26	184	79% (n=24)	21%	15%	25%
Matched, unlobbied	179	115	88% (n=133)	12%	3%	25%

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.