Independent planning + urban design

Clear advice.
Thoughtful
city building.

We help clients understand what is possible, navigate approvals and shape better places. From individual properties to whole neighbourhoods, our work connects planning, design and the people a place serves.

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Toronto, OntarioEstablished 2024

BNKC architectural rendering of the proposed rental housing at 146–150 Vaughan Road

Featured project · Purpose-built rental146–150 Vaughan Road

Rendering: BNKC Architecture + Urban Design

Blair Scorgie speaking with participants at a planning event

About

Experienced advice.
Personal involvement.

Scorgie Planning is led by Blair Scorgie, a Registered Professional Planner and Urban Designer. Blair brings more than fifteen years of consulting experience, together with teaching and community work that keep the practice connected to how cities change.

We work with landowners, developers, public agencies, institutions and community organizations, bringing together the expertise each assignment needs.

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Services

A clear path through
complex planning questions.

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Development planning

Feasibility, strategy and municipal approvals.

Land use policy

Policies and plans for changing places.

Urban design

Built form, public spaces and neighbourhoods.

Applied research

Evidence and ideas that inform planning practice.

Engagement and expert evidence

Consultation, representation and a clear planning case.

Projects

From more homes
to new ways of thinking.

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Dubbeldam rendering of the six-storey rental building at Pharmacy Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard — Rendering: Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Development planningScarborough, Toronto

910 Pharmacy Avenue

Committee of Adjustment approval for 30 purpose-built rental homes, including six affordable units, on a Major Street corner site.

Committee of Adjustment approved · May 2026

Aerial photograph of North York Centre showing the concentration of buildings along Yonge Street — North York Centre photograph: City of Toronto

Land use policyNorth York, Toronto

North York Centre Secondary Plan Review

Policy recommendations for retail streets, office space and mixed-use development in one of Toronto’s major centres.

Policy recommendations completed · 2025

Applied researchToronto

Mixed-Use Laneways Study

Research into where modest work, commercial and community-serving activity could fit within Toronto’s laneway network.

Published research

Publications

Research and writing.

Five books explore laneways, neighbourhood edges, major streets, daily routines and the work of turning planning policy into practice. Each is available in PDF and EPUB, alongside our free Mixed-Use Laneways Study.

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