Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to streamline plans to build homes on gardens. Officials announced the decision alongside a £10bn residential funding package.
This funding marks the initial phase of a major housing investment program intended to supply new homes across chosen locations.
Detractors described the updated guidelines 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 a hopeless solution to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.