Toronto address · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York
257 Lake Shore Blvd E
The City of Toronto has 1 Committee of Adjustment file on record for this address.
Building permits
The City lists no building permits for this address since 2017, and none still open from before.
Committee of Adjustment
This address's applications to the City's Committee of Adjustment since 2017, and any still open. A minor variance asks for a small exception to the zoning by-law, such as a little more height or a smaller setback; a consent divides a lot or grants an easement.
- Closed
Consent · Sever lot
To obtain consent to sever the property into two lots for the purpose of establishing separate ownership and to create new easements/rights-of-way.
Decision: Approved (hearing Oct 1, 2025)
Filed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 new lot · File B0051/25TEY
What’s planned nearby
Development sites within 500 m
- Under review
Not stated in the file
10 m away · Rezoning · Under review · filed Feb 13, 2026
- Under review
56 storeys · Residential
10 m away · Site plan · Under review · filed Sep 26, 2025
- Under review
259-291 Lake Shore Boulevard East, 200 Queens Quay East and 2 Small Street
68 storeys · 910 homes · Mixed use
80 m away · Site plan · Under review · filed Jun 29, 2023
- Under review
333 Lake Shore Boulevard East and 11 Small Street
407 homes · Mixed use
200 m away · Subdivision · Under review · filed Jul 5, 2023
- Under appeal
49 storeys · 430 homes · Residential
210 m away · Site plan · Under appeal · filed May 4, 2022
- Approved
15-118 Merchants' Wharf, 1-27 Edgewater Drive and 261 Queens Quay East
18 storeys · Mixed use
210 m away · Condominium · Approved · filed Feb 14, 2023
Neighbours’ Committee of Adjustment files within 250 m
307 Lake Shore Blvd E · Minor variance
To permit a studio use (temporarily), as space for workshops, classes, and small group training, within the existing two-storey detached building.
220 m away · filed Sep 18, 2025 · Approved
215 Lake Shore Blvd E · Consent
To obtain consent to establish a mortgage over the western portion of the property, municipally known as 215 Lake Shore Boulevard East.
220 m away · filed Sep 9, 2024 · Approved
215 Lake Shore Blvd E · Consent
To obtain consent to establish a mortgage over the eastern portion of the property, municipally known as 215 Lake Shore Boulevard East.
220 m away · filed Sep 9, 2024 · Approved
215 Lake Shore Blvd E · Consent
To obtain consent to sever the property into two lots and to create easements/right-of-ways.
220 m away · filed Nov 5, 2021 · Application withdrawn
1 Longboat Ave · Minor variance
170 m away · filed Aug 7, 2020 · Withdrawn
185 Queens Quay E · Minor variance
To construct a new 10-storey institutional building (George Brown College) with a child care facility on the ground floor.
240 m away · filed Feb 6, 2020 · Approved
261 Queens Quay E · Consent
To obtain consent to sever a portion of the land for the purpose of a lot addition.
240 m away · filed Jan 31, 2020 · Withdrawn
261 Queens Quay E · Minor variance
To construct an 11-storey mixed use building with retail space at-grade, office space above and one level of below-grade parking.
240 m away · filed Jan 31, 2020 · Approved
From the City of Toronto’s open data: building permits (active, and cleared since 2017), Committee of Adjustment applications and address points, this record updated Sep 29, 2026, and the development sites from its Development Applications data. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Construction cost estimates and contractors’ names are left out on purpose, and nothing here names an owner.