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EP 024511 November 2025 · 49 min

From Designs to Developments: Greg Blaquiere's Planning Journey

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Planning consultancy sits right at the point where design ambition, policy, viability and local authority reality meet.

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Stephen Drew speaks with Greg Blaquiere, founder of Eagle Planning and Development, about moving from local government into private planning consultancy, starting a business and building better working relationships with architects.

The conversation covers:

What planning consultants actually do on projects

How local authority experience shapes private sector advice

Why architects and planners need clearer working relationships

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  1. · Stephen Drew

    Stephen Drew

    Hello everyone and welcome to this special. Now in the Build environment, US architects, Architectural assistants, wherever you are in Architecture practice, we're dealing with people on the design team and we're gonna be speaking to other consultants as well. Now, often while you are building a building.

  2. You will send stuff or consult with the planning consultant. Now, I've heard a few people scream,

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