Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to simplify efforts to construct houses on gardens. Officials unveiled the policy alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding represents the first wave of a broader development effort aimed at providing new homes across select areas.
Detractors described the relaxed rules a return to garden grabbing. James Cleverly stated that the National Planning Policy Framework rewrite signals a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph described the step as a flawed answer to Britain's housing crisis, while the government prioritizes releasing the new funding.