Angela Rayner softened planning guidelines to simplify efforts to create housing on gardens. The government unveiled the policy alongside a £10bn residential funding package.
This funding serves as the starting step of a major housing investment program intended to supply new homes across chosen locations.
Critics called the policy changes a revival of garden grabbing. James Cleverly argued that the National Planning Policy Framework overhaul signals a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph called the move a flawed answer to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.