Toronto address · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park
72 Melbourne Ave
The City of Toronto has 3 building permits since 2017 (3 still open) and 3 Committee of Adjustment files 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.
- Issuance pending
Heating and ventilation
HVAC - Proposal for a new 3 storey rear addition with 11 dwelling units (studio units) to the existing building (rooming house) with 6 dwelling rooms and 1 dwelling unit.
Applied Apr 1, 2026 · Permit 26 137752 HVA
- Under review
Addition or alteration · Addition(s)
Proposal for a new 3 storey rear addition with 4 dwelling units to the existing Multi-tenant house with 6 dwelling rooms and 1 dwelling unit.Change in scope as per July 28, 2026 the proposed building addition has been revised to include four dwelling units. As a result, the project will be reviewed as an addition and conversion from a single detached dwelling with a multi-tenant component to a detached houseplex containing five dwelling units and a multi-tenant house.
Applied Apr 1, 2026 · 4 homes added · Permit 26 137752 BLD
- Issuance pending
Plumbing
Plumbing - Proposal for a new 3 storey rear addition with 11 dwelling units (studio units) to the existing building (rooming house) with 6 dwelling rooms and 1 dwelling unit.
Applied Apr 1, 2026 · Permit 26 137752 PLB
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.
- Application withdrawn
Minor variance · Other
To construct a new three-storey detached apartment building (fronting Cowan Avenue) with a rear rooftop deck. No vehicular or bicycle parking spaces will be provided.There will be twelve dwelling units on the lot.
Hearing Mar 20, 2024
Filed Dec 6, 2023 · File A1071/23TEY
- Closed
Minor variance · Other
To alter the existing two-storey detached dwelling (a rooming house containing 6 dwelling rooms and 1 dwelling unit) by constructing a rear three-storey addition (containing 11 dwelling (studio) units). Also, to construct a one-storey ancillary structure (to contain waste storage and 5 long-term bicycle parking spaces) in the rear yard. There will be a total of 12 dwelling units and 6 dwelling rooms (for a total of 18) on this lot.
Decision: Approved (hearing Apr 23, 2025)
Filed Dec 6, 2023 · File A1072/23TEY
- Application withdrawn
Consent · Sever lot
To obtain consent to sever the property into two (2) residential lots.
Hearing Mar 20, 2024
Filed Nov 27, 2023 · File B0073/23TEY
What’s planned nearby
Development sites within 500 m
- Under appeal
145 Cowan Avenue and 1304 King Street West
18 storeys · 230 homes · Residential
160 m away · Rezoning · Under appeal · filed Oct 12, 2023
- Under review
1303-1337 Queen Street West and 220 Cowan Avenue
16 storeys · 175 homes · Mixed use
160 m away · Site plan · Under review · filed Jun 11, 2026
- Approved
10 storeys · 92 homes · Residential
250 m away · Site plan · Approved · filed May 26, 2025
- Approved
7 storeys · 47 homes · Mixed use
300 m away · Site plan · Approved · filed Dec 24, 2021
- Under review
29 storeys · 768 homes · Mixed use
320 m away · Site plan · Under review · filed Aug 31, 2022
- Under review
12 storeys · 169 homes · Mixed use
320 m away · Condominium · Under review · filed Dec 16, 2021
Neighbours’ Committee of Adjustment files within 250 m
1325 Queen St W · Minor variance
To construct a new 16-storey mixed-use building (excluding the mechanical penthouse) on Block A (West Block of the development site, municipally known as 1325 and 1337 Queen Street West). This building will contain community spaces (located on the basement and ground levels) and a total of 171 rental residential dwelling units, of which 85 units will be affordable rental dwelling units. There will be no parking spaces provided on-site and off-site (property municipally known as 245 Dunn Avenue).
170 m away · filed Feb 24, 2026 · Approved
191 Cowan Ave · Minor variance
To legalize and to maintain the exterior stairs leading to the rooftop platform, as well as the perimeter guardrails (around the roof of the existing rear one-storey detached ancillary building (detached garage abutting the laneway)), that were constructed without an authorized building permit.
60 m away · filed Nov 7, 2025 · Refused
1337 King St W · Minor variance
To alter the development standards for the 10-storey apartment building, located at the eastern portion of the development site (as approved under Site-Specific By-law 880-2024), by reducing the building setbacks and increasing the height of the mechanical penthouse. There will be a total of 7 parking spaces on-site (5 residential parking spaces and 2 visitor parking spaces, including two accessible parking spaces). This building will contain 92 affordable rental units (including 10 secured rental-replacement units for 1339 King St West). The existing two-and-one-half-storey detached dwelling…
250 m away · filed Oct 10, 2025 · Approved
185 Cowan Ave · Minor variance
To convert the existing two-storey detached dwelling into a three-storey fourplex by constructing a complete third storey addition, a front two-storey addition with a porch, and a rear two-storey addition with a basement walkout, three rear platforms (ground deck, and second and third level balconies), and a staircase connecting the ground and second levels. There will be a total of four residential dwelling units on this lot.
40 m away · filed Jan 30, 2025 · Deferred
11 Brock Ave · Minor variance
To construct a new four-storey apartment building (with one mechanical penthouse level above) containing 42 affordable dwelling units, with an internal courtyard on the ground level, an internal terrace (outdoor amenity space) on the second storey (above the ground level), a terrace (outdoor amenity space) on a south portion of the third storey (above the second storey), and a green roof on the north portion of the fourth storey.
250 m away · filed Jul 25, 2024 · Approved
1354 Queen St W · Minor variance
To alter the development standards for the 11-storey mixed-use building (approved under Site Specific Zoning By-Law 334-2024), by increasing the height from 39 m to 40 m, reducing the terracing setbacks fronting Abbs Street and Brock Avenue, increasing the total gross floor area, increasing the residential gross floor area, and reducing the indoor and outdoor amenity space. This building will provide a total of 222 residential dwelling units, as well as non-residential spaces (to be located on the ground floor).
190 m away · filed Dec 4, 2023 · Approved
69 Elm Grove Ave · Consent
To obtain consent to sever a portion of land for the purpose of a lot addition.
160 m away · filed Jan 17, 2023 · Approved
245 Dunn Ave · Minor variance
To reduce the amount of residential underground parking spaces provided within the 20-storey residential building in order to provide the space(s) to be used by the adjacent mixed-use development (municipally known as 1303, 1313, 1325, 1337 and 1345 Queen Street West & 220 and 224 Cowan Avenue - the "Parkdale Hub" project).
130 m away · filed Dec 21, 2022 · 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.