CHRIS KERR

Christopher heads up Davitt Jones Bould's Environmental, Social and Governance Group, and the firm’s Coastal Regeneration SIG.

He has a particular focus on coastal places, including regeneration, economic development, funding, blue economy, natural capital, and landscape/nature recovery projects.

Christopher’s research has shaped government policy on coastal governance, showing how local‑government reorganisation affects seaside areas and what powers mayors need to champion them. His work directly informed the new legal provision in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act that adds coastal communities to mayoral responsibilities. Christopher has written for prominent publications on coastal communities including the Municipal Journal, Local Government Lawyer, BE News, and speaks at national conferences including UKREiiF, all with the purpose of creating the conditions for thriving coastal places.

Christopher also focuses on national issues such as the nature crisis and the housing crisis. Empty Spaces to Homes Coalition, helping them to drive forward their scheme to solve the housing crisis through an innovative scheme.  As part of this role, he has contributed to two All-Party Parliamentary Groups and Audit Wales review of brownfield land housing developments.

Christopher also volunteers with the Cranfield Trust where he mentors and consults CEOs and board members of non-profits in crisis.