Toronto address · Ward 13, Toronto Centre
551 Church St
The City of Toronto has 1 building permit since 2017 and 1 Committee of Adjustment file on record for this address.
Building permits
Every permit the City lists for this address since 2017, and any still open from before, newest first.
- Cancelled
Addition or alteration · Other
Proposal for a new canopy above patio at rear of building.See Admin Permit at 2 Monteith St #19-222525 BLD. COA Desicion A0447/12TEY Expired on Oct 2015.
Applied Sep 17, 2019 · completed Dec 2, 2020 · Permit 19 222475 BLD
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
To legalize and maintain the existing rear patio and canopy above.
Decision: Approved (hearing Jan 29, 2020)
Filed Oct 3, 2019 · File A1054/19TEY
What’s planned nearby
Development sites within 500 m
- Under review
12 storeys · 115 homes · Mixed use
100 m away · Condominium · Under review · filed Nov 7, 2021
- Approved
63 storeys · 590 homes · Residential
110 m away · Rezoning · Approved · filed May 2, 2023
- Approved
552-570 Church Street and 64-66 Wellesley Street East
36 storeys · 409 homes · Mixed use
120 m away · Rezoning · Approved · filed Feb 20, 2026
- Under appeal
69 storeys · 647 homes · Residential
130 m away · Rezoning · Under appeal · filed Jun 10, 2025
- Under appeal
28 storeys · 258 homes · Mixed use
130 m away · Site plan · Under appeal · filed Jan 30, 2024
- Under review
552-570 Church Street and 64-66 Wellesley Street East
36 storeys · 409 homes · Mixed use
130 m away · Site plan · Under review · filed Sep 13, 2022
Neighbours’ Committee of Adjustment files within 250 m
50 Dundonald St · Consent
To obtain consent for the technical severance of the property to re-establish two residential lots which merged on title, and to create new easements/rights-of-way.
90 m away · filed Jul 12, 2023 · Approved
72 Wellesley St E · Minor variance
To alter the existing mixed-use building by installing a take-out eating establishment (retail bakery) within an existing unit on the ground level.
130 m away · filed Nov 14, 2022 · Approved
600 Church St · Minor variance
Proposal to use the existing 2 storey building as mixed use (commercial/residential).
100 m away · filed Dec 15, 2021 · Application withdrawn
92 Isabella St · Minor variance
To alter the existing three-storey office building by constructing a new elevator and a new dormer over the elevator shaft.
200 m away · filed Feb 8, 2021 · Approved
66 Gloucester St · Minor variance
To alter the existing three-storey mixed use building by converting a portion of the basement into a dwelling unit.
100 m away · filed Mar 13, 2020 · Approved
553 Church St · Minor variance
To legalize and maintain the existing rear patio and canopy above.
0 m away · filed Oct 3, 2019 · Approved
28 Wellesley St E · Minor variance
To permit a dental office (medical/office use) inside an existing 35-storey mixed-use building.
240 m away · filed Apr 5, 2019 · Approved
514 Jarvis St · Minor variance
To alter the existing 2½-storey detached dwelling with a rear one-storey historic carriage house by constructing a second storey addition above the carriage house and a one-storey garage with a rooftop deck that will connect the main dwelling and the carriage house.
170 m away · filed Dec 27, 2018 · 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.