Specialist Commercial, Property and Employment law firm, Prosperity Law, has welcomed solicitor Pamela Chesterman as their Head of Planning, establishing a new Planning team based in the firm’s Liverpool office.
With over 15 years of experience advising on Planning and Environmental law, Pamela has significant experience in both private practice and local authority planning. Pamela worked as an in-house legal advisor to local planning and highways authorities, where she advised on both the performance of statutory duties as well as promoting development or disposing of surplus land as a landowner.
Commenting on the appointment, Jonathan Durkin, Managing Partner, said:
“Pamela is a great addition to the team and we’re excited about the opportunity this brings to build on our growing Commercial and Property Department, providing a holistic service for our clients and developers. She is hugely experienced and we are delighted to have her expertise and enthusiasm in the office. I look forward to seeing what we can achieve together in the future”
Pamela added:
“I genuinely love planning and look forward to leading and shaping our Planning Department at Prosperity Law. I pride myself on ensuring that my clients receive a bespoke service to ensure that they get the best and most commercial outcome possible.
My realistic approach to planning means that I often pre-empt the periphery issues that can so often thwart schemes and/or intentions to object. By early identification and strategic planning, outcomes are reached more quickly with fewer obstacles and delays.”
Prosperity Law’s planning team focuses on all elements of legal work; non-contentious drafting, contentious litigation and advocacy and negotiation and presentation in an advisory capacity for committees or local authority working/steering groups.
Pamela has previously held several high profile roles: Senior Associate Solicitor at BLM; Legal Manager at Cheshire West and Chester Council where she provided in-house advice in response to one of the first UK applications relating to fracking, Senior Solicitor- Planning at DWF. She also once issued prosecution proceedings against a former footballer for the unlawful display of an advert on his Commercial Property.
Along with her husband, Pamela is an avid Liverpool Football Club supporter and season ticket holder. She studied at De Montfort University and the University of Glamorgan.
