Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to streamline plans to construct houses on gardens. The government revealed the move alongside a £10bn housing investment.
This funding serves as the starting step of a broader development effort intended to supply new homes across designated communities.
Opponents labeled the updated guidelines a revival of garden grabbing. James Cleverly argued that the National Planning Policy Framework rewrite signals a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph called the move an inadequate fix to Britain's housing crisis, while the government concentrates on rolling out the new funding.