Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to streamline plans to construct houses on gardens. Officials revealed the move alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding marks the initial phase of a major housing investment program aimed at providing new homes across designated communities.
Detractors described the relaxed rules a return to garden grabbing. James Cleverly argued that the National Planning Policy Framework update 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.