Maybe not, but a revision because it casts my entire building in darkness is the basis of sun/shade studies. We've had people with light meters taking readings, to assess the impact of various options. This option as-is is probably the worst possible impact on our access to light.
If you live at 62 Wellesley St. W., as your post suggests, the shadow study provided with the development shows no new shadow on the apartment building.
Shadows generally only travel north of a building, as you are south, the building wouldn't be impacted.
And yea, you have a right to provide input in the process as all do in a democratic society. But Planners have a professional mandate to consider the "public good", which includes more than just somebody's views. View from a private apartment rank at almost 0 when it comes to considering the public good. So If you are going to complain about this proposal, i'd try to find a better argument. Nobody cares about your view. It's not protected. It's not part of the public good.
The need to consider the "public good" is often forgotten by the general public. When considering a development, a planner must not just consider the impacts on existing residents that inevitably show up to the meeting to complain, but also the impact that this development would have on the roughly 900 people that will end up living here by providing them housing in a preferred location.
Too often locals think planners aren't listening to them when they don't outright reject a proposal. What they forget is that new housing and development provides new houses and places of employment / amenities to people that would otherwise not get to enjoy those amenities - and that is a huge public good. The concerns of existing residents of the impacts of the development must be carefully weighed when compared to the good that is providing housing for nearly 1,000 people, in this case.
