Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to simplify efforts to build homes on gardens. Ministers unveiled the policy alongside a £10bn housing investment.
This funding serves as the starting step of a larger building push intended to supply new homes across chosen locations.
Detractors described the relaxed rules a comeback of garden grabbing. James Cleverly stated that the National Planning Policy Framework overhaul represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph called the move an inadequate fix to Britain's housing crisis, while the government prioritizes releasing the new funding.