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.
55 Esandar Dr, 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 15, last 3 years | 380 | 93% | 89% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 8 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 24 | 100% | 96% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 8 weeks |
| Ward 15, last 5 years | 819 | 93% | 90% | 3% | 6% | 1% | 10 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 43 | 100% | 98% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 9 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 15 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 7 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building height | 3 | too few decisions to estimate | 14 | 100% |
| Lot coverage | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Front yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Side yard setback | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 3 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 3 | too few decisions to estimate | 33 | 91% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 2 | 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 | 20 | 75% |
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”). 35 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
1 of 43 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
- 154 Wicksteed Ave · 490 m · Approved on 2024-06-06 · Building heightThe current application ( new prospective tenant) is proposing an increase in the number of permitted storeys from 6-storeys to 7-storeys, while the overall height of the building…File A0197/24NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 154 Wicksteed Ave · 490 m · Approved on 2023-09-28 · Floor space index / gross floor area, Building height, ParkingProposal to construct a 6-storey laboratory and data center by requesting relief from the zoning by-law for the GFA, parking requirements and height.File A0397/23NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 55 Research Rd · 580 m · Approved on 2025-04-03 · Side yard setbackThe proposal is to permit the existing industrial building at 55 Research Road, no changes are proposed to the existing building. Due to the proposed technical severance, the…File A0515/24NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 51 Laird Dr · 610 m · Approved on 2026-07-23To permit private and public recreation facilities use, as a proposed indoor golf simulator facility.File A0209/26NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 45 Laird Dr · 620 m · Approved on 2024-06-06To permit a physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic.File A0186/24NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre