Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to streamline plans to create housing on gardens. Ministers unveiled the policy alongside a £10bn housing investment.
This funding marks the initial phase of a major housing investment program designed to deliver new homes across chosen locations.
Critics called the relaxed rules a revival of garden grabbing. James Cleverly said the National Planning Policy Framework rewrite represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph labeled the decision as a flawed answer to Britain's housing crisis, while the government concentrates on rolling out the new funding.