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.
17 Gwendolen 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 18, last 3 years | 325 | 86% | 84% | 3% | 12% | 1% | 8 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 64 | 86% | 80% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 9 weeks |
| Ward 18, last 5 years | 597 | 89% | 86% | 3% | 11% | 1% | 10 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 115 | 83% | 77% | 6% | 14% | 3% | 12 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 18 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 2 | too few decisions to estimate | 13 | 100% |
| Building height | 2 | too few decisions to estimate | 16 | 100% |
| Lot coverage | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | 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 | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 2 | too few decisions to estimate | 25 | 100% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building length / depth | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Garden or laneway suite | 2 | too few decisions to estimate | 38 | 74% |
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”). 110 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
7 of 96 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
- 22 Gwendolen Ave · 70 m · Approved on 2023-07-27To construct a new dwelling with basement walk-out and rear deck. This application was previously deferred to allow the applicant to make revisions to the plans.File A0731/22NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 30 Gwendolen Ave · 110 m · Approved with conditions on 2026-03-05To construct a new two-storey detached dwelling with a front porch and rear deck.File A0022/26NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 21 Walker Rd · 130 m · Approved on 2026-01-22To construct a new 2.5-storey detached dwelling.File A0509/25NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 63 Stuart Ave · 140 m · Approved on 2025-02-20To construct a new dwelling. Please note a previous application (File # A0361/24NY) with respect to the subject property, was before the Committee of Adjustment on Thursday…File A0016/25NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 63 Stuart Ave · 140 m · Approved on 2024-08-29Proposal to construct a new dwelling.File A0361/24NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre