Angela Rayner softened planning guidelines to make it easier to construct houses on gardens. The government announced the decision alongside a £10bn housing investment.
This funding serves as the starting step of a larger building push designed to deliver new homes across select areas.
Critics called the relaxed rules a return to garden grabbing. James Cleverly stated that the National Planning Policy Framework overhaul signals a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph labeled the decision as a hopeless solution to Britain's housing crisis, while the government concentrates on rolling out the new funding.