I ABOUT

Scorgie Planning
​Scorgie Planning is a multi-disciplinary planning and urban design consultancy based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2024, our company operates as a sole proprietorship in collaboration with a range of technical consultants. Scorgie Planning takes a diplomatic, rational and innovative approach to city building.

Blair Scorgie
Blair Scorgie is the Managing Principal of Scorgie Planning. He is a Registered Professional Planner and Urban Designer with over fifteen years of relevant consulting experience. Blair holds a Master of Architecture, specializing in urban design, from McGill University as well as a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning from Toronto Metropolitan University.

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I CLIENTS + SERVICES 

Clients
Our work is tailored to a range of private, public and not-for-profit sector clients. Blair Scorgie has undertaken work with clients across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, throughout Ontario, and across Canada.

Services
We offer a diverse array of professional services with a focus on development planning, land use and policy planning, urban design, and consultation and engagement. Over the course of his career, Blair Scorgie's projects have spanned a variety of scales, encompassing everything from individual sites to nodes, corridors, neighbourhoods and districts, and entire municipalities.

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I WORK

Development Planning
Blair Scorgie has provided development planning services on behalf of landowners, developers, real estate investment trusts, public agencies, and childcare providers. Featured projects include consents, minor variances, official plan and zoning by-law amendments, site plan controls, evidence preparation, and expert witness testimony.

Land Use Planning and Urban Design
Blair Scorgie has provided land use planning and urban design services on behalf of regional and municipal governments, post-secondary academic institutions, and faith-based institutions. Featured projects include official plan and zoning by-law reviews, secondary plans and area-specific plans, master plans, and urban design guidelines.

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I NEWS

Publications and Periodicals
Blair Scorgie's consulting, academic and thought leadership work has been featured in major publications including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Spacing Magazine, and has been highlighted in media interviews with the CBC News, Global TV News, City TV News, and AM640 among others. His work has also been featured in industry periodicals including Y Magazine and NRU Publishing, as well as major research papers and reports associated with the Toronto Real Estate Board, the TMU Centre for Urban Research and Land Development, and City Building TMU. 

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​I TESTIMONIAL 

"I worked with Blair on the public consultation and urban design study/guidelines component of the Premier Gateway Phase 1B Employment Area Secondary Plan in Halton Hills. Blair was a great person to work with and the urban design product he and his firm produced was very well done." 

- Steve Burke, Former Manager of Planning Policy at the Town of Halton Hills