Angela Rayner softened planning guidelines to simplify efforts to create housing on gardens. Officials unveiled the policy alongside a £10bn housing investment.
This funding marks the initial phase of a larger building push designed to deliver new homes across chosen locations.
Critics called the updated guidelines a return to garden grabbing. James Cleverly argued that the National Planning Policy Framework update represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph labeled the decision as a hopeless solution to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.