Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to simplify efforts to construct houses on gardens. Ministers announced the decision alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding serves as the starting step of a major housing investment program intended to supply new homes across designated communities.
Critics called the relaxed rules a return to garden grabbing. James Cleverly stated that the National Planning Policy Framework overhaul represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph described the step as a hopeless solution to Britain's housing crisis, while the government concentrates on rolling out the new funding.