The School of Civil Engineering and Surveying

With a background in planning Bernard has a long association with the School of Environmental Design and Management. In between his duties as Director, Life Long Learning Network he lectures planning law and conservation law and is a regular speaker on planning updates to the profession.  He has contributed to a number of publications and conference papers including planning appeals, enforcement orders, tree preservation and affordable housing.

Qualifications

• BA(Hons) Class 2 Division 1, Geography, University of Manchester, 1968
• Diploma in Town Planning, Kingston Polytechnic, 1970

Present Position

• Principal Lecturer and Director, Life Long Learning Network

Previous Employment

• Dean, Faculty of the Environment, 2001 - 2006
• Acting Head, School of Environmental Design and Management, 1999-2001
• Programme Area Director, Faculty of the Environment, 1998-2001
• Faculty Head (Quality Assurance), Faculty of the Environment, 1993-1998
• Principal Lecturer, School of Environmental Design and Management, 1985 to date
• Senior Lecturer, Department of Surveying, Portsmouth Polytechnic, 1979-1985
• Lecturer II, Department of Surveying, Portsmouth Polytechnic, 1973-1979
• Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Portsmouth Polytechnic, 1970-1973

Principal Academic Activities

• Academic Council (1994 to 2000, 2001 to date)
• Academic Policy Committee (1994 to 2000, 2001 to date)
• Quality Assurance Committee (1990-1998)
• Quality Assurance Group (1990 to 1998)
• Faculty Board (1983 to date)
• Faculty Executive Committee (1985 to date)
• Chair / Member of University working parties responsible for:
  • Postgraduate Scheme (1993);
  • Complaints Procedure (1995);
  • Appeals Procedure (1996);
  • Academic Regulations (1997); and
  • Unitisation Phase 2 (1997)
• Chair / Member of more than 60 approval committees for academic awards at the University and at collaborative institutions in the UK and overseas (from 1990)
• Visiting Lecturer in Housing Management, Southampton Institute of Higher Education (1978-1987)
• Examiner in Planning and Development, Institute of Housing (1981-1988)
• Director of Studies in Land Management (1990-1993)
• Course Director, BSc. (Hons) Urban Land Administration (1983-1987 and 1987-1990)

Current teaching

• Unit coordinator:
  • Planning Law and Practice, Level 2 - 20 credit core and 10 credit option
  • Conservation law and Practice, Level M - 15 credit core and option
• Contributor to various other undergraduate and postgraduate units in Department of Civil Engineering and School of Architecture

Professional Activities

Recent consultancy activities include planning applications and planning and enforcement appeals

Current Research Interests

• The use of planning obligations (with Professor AP Lavers)
• The effectiveness of listed building control and enforcement

Principal Publications

Books

• The Atlas of Portsmouth. Portsmouth 1975 (contributor)
• Some implications of private sector investment in new industrial property for local authority planning. In: Land Management: New Directions. Ed. Chiddick D. and Millington A.E. and F.N. Spon, London, 1984
• Planning Agreements.  Henry Stewart Publications, London, 1986
• A Practice Guide to Planning Appeals. (with A.P. Lavers)  Estates Gazette, London. 1990

Refereed Papers since 1991

• The Effectiveness of Public Local Inquiries as a Vehicle for Public Participation in the Plan Making Process: A Case Study of the Barnet Unitary Development Plan Inquiry. Journal of Planning and Environment Law, September 1991, pp 803-813
• The Planning and Compensation Act 1991. (with G. Waterson), Property Management 10(1) pp. 54-64
• The Planning and Compensation Act 1991: Part II, (with G Waterson) Property Management 10(2) pp. 150-161
• Participation in the plan-making process - financial interests and professional representation. Journal of Property Research, (with AP Lavers) 1994, 11, 131-144

Conference and CPD Papers from 1991

• The Planning and Compensation Bill. CPD, Ampfield, April 1991
• Planning Obligations. CPD, Ringwood, May 1991
• Changes in the Planning System in 1991. CPD Guildford, May 1991
• The amended Planning and Compensation Bill. CPD Arundel, June 1991
• Impending changes in the operation of planning control over trees. CPD Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley. 19 June 1991
• Impending changes in the operation of planning control over trees. CPD Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley. 26 June 1991
• Impending changes in the operation of planning control over trees. CPD Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, July 1991
• Efficiency and effectiveness in written representations appeals.  CPD Summer School. Portsmouth, July 1991
• The Planning and Compensation Bill. CPD Summer School. Portsmouth July 1991
• Impending changes in the operation of planning control over trees. CPD Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley. 9 October 1991
• Impending changes in the operation of planning control over trees. CPD Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley. 11 October 1991
• The Planning and Compensation Act 1991. CPD Ringwood, October 1991
• Statistics, trends and choices - an analysis of evidence on the operation of the appeal system in England and its implications for appellants and local planning authorities. Wolfson College, Oxford University, November 1991
• Costs awards at planning inquiries. Wolfson College, Oxford University, November 1991
• The development control and plan-making provisions of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991. West Sussex County Council, County Hall, Chichester, November 1991
• The Planning and Compensation Act 1991. CPD, Lewes, November 1991
• Public participation in the plan making process - the role of the public local inquiry. Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University, November 1991
• The institutional framework of planning in the United Kingdom. Institute Européan d'Aménagement et d'Architecture, Rouen, France, December 1991
• Public participation in the plan making process - the role of the public local inquiry, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, February 1992
• The use of Section 106 agreements in the control of residential occupation. Sussex Rural Community Council, Lewes, March 1992
• The planning system in France. CPD, Winchester, May 1992
• The new planning system in practice. CPD, Farnham, June 1992
• Tree preservation orders. CPD, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, June 1992
• Trees on development sites - the planning perspective. CPD, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, July 1992
• Impending Changes in the Operation of Tree Preservation Orders.  CPD, Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury, October 1992
• Planning Law and Practice, CPD, Havant, March 1993
• Winning Enforcement Appeals, CPD, Havant, March 1993
• Representation of Commercial Interests in the Plan-making Process, RICS Research Conference at Imperial College, London, April 1993 (with Dr A P Lavers, Oxford Brookes University)
• Planning and Tree Preservation, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, June 1993
• Planning and Tree Preservation, Huxley Laboratory, Kew Gardens, London, June 1993
• Planning Law and Practice, CPD, Farnham, June 1993
• The Law and Practice of Enforcement, CPD, Farnham, November 1993
• An Introduction to Planning Law and Practice, CPD, Ampfield, November 1993
• The implementation of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, Alex Sayer and Co, Bognor Regis, January 1994
• Winning Enforcement Appeals, CPD, Heathrow, February 1994
• The new planning system in England and Wales, CPD, St Helier, Jersey, March 1994
• The interpretation and application of permitted development provisions to residential and commercial property, Loughborough University, April 1994
• Development Control - the New Regime, CPD, Petersfield, April 1994
• Planning in France, CPD, University of Caen, Caen, May 1994
• Tree Preservation Orders, CPD, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, June 1994
• Tree Preservation Orders, CPD, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, June 1994
• Introduction to Development Control, CPD, University of Portsmouth, July 1994
• Development Control - the New Regime, CPD, Chichester, November 1994
• Enforcement Appeals, CPD, January 1995
• Planning Avoidance, CPD, Farnham, May 1995
• Tree Preservation Orders, CPD, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, June 1995
• Tree Preservation Orders, CPD, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, June 1995
• Planning Avoidance, CPD, Romsey, October 1995
• The Environment Act 1995, CPD, Farnham, May 1996
• Planning Gain, CPD, Petersfield, November 1996
• The Environment Act 1995 and Contaminated Land Issues, CPD, University of Portsmouth, January 1997
• Development Plans into the 21^st century, CPD, Petersfield, April 1997
• Planning Avoidance, CPD, Farnham, May 1997
• Planning Avoidance, CPD, Ower, October 1997
• Winning Planning Appeals, CPD, Petersfield, October 1997
• The interaction of environmental and planning legislation, CPD, Portsmouth, February 1998
• The interaction of environmental and planning legislation, CPD, Petersfield, April 1998
• Trees and Planning Control, CPD, Royal Horticultural Society Wisley, June 1998
• Winning Planning and Enforcement Appeals, CPD, Ower, October 1998
• An analysis of a decade of evidence on the operation of the appeal system in England and its implications for appellants and local planning authorities. Association of District Planning Officers, Yeovil, November 1998
• Planning Avoidance, CPD, Weybridge, February 1999
• Trees and Planning Control, CPD, Royal Horticultural Society Wisley, June 1999
• Handling Planning Appeals by Written Representations, CPD, Ower, February 2000
• Planning Avoidance, CPD, Ower, March 2000
• Environmental Impact Assessment, CPD, Weybridge, May 2000
• The new arrangements for Tree Preservation, CPD, Royal Horticultural Society Wisley, June 2000
• T he Use of Planning Obligations: preliminary findings of research on their use 1991-2001, CPD, Petersfield, February 2001
• Changes to the Planning System, RTPI, Hendon, London, September 2001
• Planning for Affordable Housing, CPD, Basingstoke, March 2002
• Proposed changes to the Planning System, CPD, Basingstoke, May 2002
• Planning Issues in Rural Areas, RICS Rural Faculty, Petersfield, November 2002
• Planning and Pollution Control, CPD, Ower, February 2003
• Planning Enforcement, RTPI, Hampton Court, London, July 2003
• Planning Avoidance, CPD, Petersfield, October 2003
• Planning Avoidance and Diversification, RICS Rural Faculty, Petersfield, November 2003
• The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill and related changes to the Planning System, CPD, Ower, November 2003
• Neighbourhood Disputes, CPD, Portsmouth, December 2003
• The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill, RICS, Winchester, February 2004