Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0282/26NY

Ward 18 · Lily ChengDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 30 July 2026; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 4; 2 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 221 Finch Ave W
Ward: Ward 18 · Lily Cheng
Submitted: 30 July 2026
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 3 September 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 development standards, as approved under Site-Specific Zoning By-law 854-2025, for the proposed 13-storey mixed use building, including to increase the permitted building height and non-residential gross floor area and to reduce the required width of bicycle parking spaces on the site. The lands are subject to holding provisions as identified in Site-Specific Zoning By-law 854-2025.

Linked lobbying registrations

These links are inferred by lobbyTO from file numbers and addresses named in the registration (task L2); the registry does not record which application a registration concerns.

Links between records are inferred by a model and are not reviewed by a person. Each link shows its score out of 1; moderate-confidence links (0.7 to 0.9) are wrong more often than high-confidence links. How links are scored

Regency Property Inc. · registration SM37900
Minor Variance Application for 13-storey mid-rise building proposed at 221-227 Finch Avenue West
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.89
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 SM37900: Minor Variance Application for 13-storey mid-rise building proposed at 221-227 Finch Avenue West (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0282/26NY at 221 Finch Ave W: To alter the development standards, as approved under Site-Specific Zoning By-law 854-2025, for the proposed 13-storey mixed use building, including to increase the permitted building height and non-residential gross floor area and to reduce the required width of bicycle parking spaces on the site.… (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Minor Variance Application for 13-storey mid-rise building proposed at 221-227 Finch Avenue West
Matched fields
address
221-227 FINCH AVE W
application_address
221 FINCH AVE W

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 4 communications · 2 meetings · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Data table· 2 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Lily Cheng	Councillor staff	2	1	1 September 2026
Lily Cheng	Member of council	2	1	1 September 2026

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Bousfields 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.

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 18

9 lobbied · 202 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 18: 9 lobbied and 202 matched unlobbied applications in 5 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	9	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	202	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%

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.