About Murison Planning
Who we are
Established 2026
Chartered town planning experience
Established in 2026 by Stuart Murison MRTPI—an experienced Chartered Town Planner with experience across multiple sectors.
Stuart's experience has been built through working in both the public and private sectors since 2009. Based in Aberdeenshire, Murison Planning brings extensive experience of planning and development both in the north east and throughout Scotland.
Professional
Progression
Experience from every side
Stuart started his career working with Aberdeenshire Council in 2009, initially as a Planning Technician (Development Services Assistant), covering general advice, permitted development and the processing of new applications. He progressed to Planning Officer and then Senior Planner within the Area Teams, covering Garioch, Marr, Buchan, Kincardine and Mearns and Formartine.
Within the Council's Strategic Development team, Stuart dealt with large scale, Major and National-level energy and infrastructure projects, including Environmental Impact Assessment.
This experience led Stuart into the private sector with a large multi-national consultancy, where the focus remained on large scale energy and infrastructure projects both in Aberdeenshire and across Scotland.
The culmination of this public and private sector experience led Stuart to establish Murison Planning in 2026.
A broader planning view
Experience in Area Teams covered domestic, agricultural, residential and energy-related applications of varying scales and complexities. Strategic and private-sector work added experience of large scale energy and infrastructure projects, Environmental Impact Assessment and coordination across Scotland.
Key experience
Across Scotland
From individual matters to national development
Extensive experience of onshore and offshore renewable energy projects, from wind farms, cables, substations, interconnectors, associated infrastructure as well as generation assets. Knowledge and experience of navigating the planning system for all of these developments.
Large scale infrastructure and commercial project experience, including EIA and coordination.
Domestic and residential projects, from permitted development and general advice through to planning permissions for single, multiple and large scale housing.