Committee of Adjustment · Toronto
Variance odds
Planning a bigger house, an addition or a garden suite that needs a minor variance? See how the Committee of Adjustment decided similar applications near your lot: approvals, refusals and withdrawals in your ward and within 1 km, over the last 3 and 5 years.
1651 Victoria Park Ave, Toronto
Past decisions don't predict future ones; not a planning opinion. Counts of the City's recorded decisions on minor variance applications. With fewer than 10 decisions we say “too few decisions to estimate”.
| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 21, last 3 years | 155 | 82% | 82% | 0% | 4% | 14% | 12 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 19 | 84% | 84% | 0% | 5% | 11% | 21 weeks |
| Ward 21, last 5 years | 232 | 84% | 84% | 0% | 4% | 12% | 11 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 35 | 91% | 91% | 0% | 3% | 6% | 11 weeks |
Typical time: median from the application date to the hearing at which the Committee decided (approved or refused). Withdrawn applications have no hearing.
| Category | Within 1 km | Approved | Ward 21 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 2 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building height | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 3 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Lot coverage | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Front yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Side yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 24 | 92% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 3 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building length / depth | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Garden or laneway suite | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 12 | 92% |
The City publishes each application's purpose, not its list of variances. We count a category only when the purpose names it (“parking”, “lot coverage”, “side yard setback”). 34 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
0 of 32 approvals within 1 km in the last 5 years are recorded as conditional. The City's open data records whether a decision had conditions, not what they were; common ones are building to the submitted plans and arborist or engineering requirements. Read the decision for the file.
Nearest comparable decisions
- 1698 Victoria Park Ave · 150 m · Approved on 2026-04-30To convert the existing garage and storage areas into five (5) new residential units within the existing apartment building, as well as an indoor amenity space.File A0094/26NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 1648-1682 Victoria Park Ave · 180 m · Approved on 2023-08-24To construct a four-storey townhouse developement.File A0393/23NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 10 Elvaston Dr · 260 m · Approved on 2022-10-20Proposal to convert garage and storage space in existing 3 storey residential building into additional residential units consisting of 3 one-bedroom and 2 bachelor units.File A0544/22NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 52 Wigmore Dr · 260 m · Approved on 2025-05-15To alter the existing one-storey detached dwelling by constructing a front extension with a second floor addition over the garage, and to permit an increase in driveway width and…File A0556/24NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 1 Gaylord Dr · 270 m · Approved on 2024-10-16To construct a second floor addition to the existing dwelling.File A0186/24SC: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre