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.
401 Logan 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 14, last 3 years | 492 | 92% | 92% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 9 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 121 | 90% | 90% | 0% | 6% | 4% | 10 weeks |
| Ward 14, last 5 years | 1,019 | 93% | 93% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 14 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 246 | 91% | 91% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 14 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 14 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 3 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building height | 2 | too few decisions to estimate | 12 | 92% |
| 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 | 22 | 86% | 102 | 89% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 7 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building length / depth | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Garden or laneway suite | 18 | 94% | 78 | 88% |
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”). 209 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
0 of 224 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
- 1173 Dundas St E · 120 m · Approved on 2022-03-30To construct a one-storey addition above Unit 216 for additional habitable space and to provide access to the rooftop deck.File A0015/22TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 1173 Dundas St E · 120 m · Approved on 2021-12-08To alter the existing building by constructing a fourth storey addition and a rooftop deck to be accessed by unit 239.File A0131/21TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 326 Carlaw Ave · 140 m · Approved on 2025-08-27To alter the existing four-storey mixed-use building by constructing a one-storey rooftop addition (including a deck) above the residential condominium unit (Unit 109), as well as…File A0271/25TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 326 Carlaw Ave · 140 m · Withdrawn on 2023-09-18To alter the existing condominium unit by constructing a new rooftop access and to construct a new second storey roof deck with a hot tub.File A0204/23TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 42 Natalie Pl · 170 m · Approved on 2023-05-17To alter the existing three-storey semi-detached dwelling by constructing a rear one-storey addition, with a rear ground floor deck, and a rear second storey rooftop deck.File A0209/23TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre