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.
28 Eastern 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 13, last 3 years | 105 | 96% | 96% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 11 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 34 | 91% | 91% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 16 weeks |
| Ward 13, last 5 years | 196 | 95% | 95% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 14 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 66 | 91% | 91% | 0% | 8% | 2% | 16 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 13 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 6 | too few decisions to estimate | 16 | 100% |
| Building height | 6 | too few decisions to estimate | 13 | 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 | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 17 | 94% | 39 | 92% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 1 | 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 | 4 | too few decisions to estimate |
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”). 47 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
0 of 60 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
- 14 Eastern Ave · 60 m · Approved on 2026-05-06To permit and construct a second storey rooftop outdoor patio to be used as a children's play area. The existing two-storey non-residential detached building is under renovation…File A0020/26TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 4 Gilead Pl · 90 m · Approved on 2026-09-09The existing one-storey and two-storey commercial buildings (retail and daycare) will be maintained and unaltered.File A0249/26TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 4 Gilead Pl · 90 m · Approved on 2026-09-09 · Parking, Lot frontage / lot areaThe existing undersized public parking lot will be maintained and unaltered.File A0268/26TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 29 Sackville St · 90 m · Approved on 2024-08-14To alter the existing two-storey townhouse dwelling by constructing a partial rooftop structure (pergola and wood deck above the existing flat roof dwelling), attached to the…File A0512/24TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 38 St Paul St · 290 m · Approved on 2022-03-23 · ParkingTo construct a two-storey detached dwelling (containing two dwelling units) with a front porch, two rear decks to provide two separate entry ways, a rear basement walkout and a…File A1248/21TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre