Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to streamline plans to construct houses on gardens. Ministers revealed the move alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding represents the first wave of a major housing investment program aimed at providing new homes across select areas.
Opponents labeled the policy changes a comeback of garden grabbing. James Cleverly stated that the National Planning Policy Framework overhaul amounts to a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph called the move a flawed answer to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.