Planning Director

stuart@stphilips.co.uk

07976178814

Stuart joined St Philips in September 2025 as Planning Director and has progressed his career previously working for local authorities and planning consultancies (Barton Willmore now Stantec and GVA, now Avison Young).

He has 20 years’ experience identifying the development potential of sites, preparing detailed supporting evidence, day-to-day management of major multi-disciplinary planning projects and negotiation with local planning authorities, statutory consultees, local lobby groups, politicians and local communities.  He has a wide range of experience in successfully progressing land with development potential through the planning system, which has included work on greenfield and previously developed sites ranging from 20 to 5000 homes with supporting infrastructure.

Stuart was previously Associate Planning Director at L&Q Estates (now Catesby Estates) for 8 years and is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the LPDF Policy and Technical Committee.