Toronto address · Ward 15, Don Valley West
55 Research Rd
The City of Toronto has 2 Committee of Adjustment files 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
Minor variance · Other
The 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 application is to permit a reduced east side yard setback that is created as a result of the re-established lot line between 55 Research Road and 176 Wicksteed Avenue-57 Research Road. Cross-reference File No. B0040/24NY (Delegated Consent).
Decision: Approved (hearing Apr 3, 2025)
Filed Oct 15, 2024 · File A0515/24NY
- Closed
Consent · Sever lot
To obtain consent for a technical severance to re-establish the previously existing lot line between 55 Research Road and 176 Wicksteed Avenue - 57 Research Road as per the submitted Draft R-Plan. There are no physical changes to the subject Property and existing buildings. This is a Delegated Consent, there is no public hearing. Associated Minor Variance File #A0515/24NY.
Decision: Approved (hearing Apr 3, 2025)
Filed Oct 15, 2024 · File B0040/24NY
What’s planned nearby
Development sites within 500 m
- Under appeal
10 Brentcliffe Road and 105-109 Vanderhoof Avenue
Mixed use
450 m away · Rezoning · Under appeal · filed May 12, 2025
- Under review
1 storeys · 7 homes · Non-residential
490 m away · Site plan · Under review · filed Nov 17, 2025
- Approved
- Under review
943-963 Eglinton Avenue East and 23 Brentcliffe Road
28 storeys · 1,279 homes · Residential
490 m away · Subdivision · Under review · filed Nov 9, 2021
Neighbours’ Committee of Adjustment files within 250 m
154 Wicksteed Ave · Minor variance
The 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 (32.025m) will continue to maintain an overall metric height that is below 33.5m.
180 m away · filed Mar 19, 2024 · Approved
154 Wicksteed Ave · Minor variance
Proposal to construct a 6-storey laboratory and data center by requesting relief from the zoning by-law for the GFA, parking requirements and height.
180 m away · filed Jul 19, 2023 · 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.