Angela Rayner softened planning guidelines to streamline plans to construct houses on gardens. The government unveiled the policy alongside a £10bn housing investment.
This funding marks the initial phase of a larger building push intended to supply new homes across select areas.
Critics called the policy changes a comeback of garden grabbing. James Cleverly said the National Planning Policy Framework update represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph described the step as an inadequate fix to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.