Stuart has been a practicing planner for forty years, with most of this time spent as Head of Planning at CBRE where his experience covered all types of development schemes throughout the UK and Ireland. 

Before leaving that role, Stuart produced the landmark research report with Gehl on placemaking and the public realm. Amongst other roles, Stuart now works with TfL as a Strategic Planning Adviser on their development portfolio as well as chairing the Commercial Development Advisory Panel for HS2 (which advises on commercial development in and around the stations) and the Irish Government on their €2bn Urban Regeneration and Development Fund.