Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to streamline plans to create housing on gardens. The government unveiled the policy alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding marks the initial phase of a major housing investment program aimed at providing new homes across designated communities.
Critics called the policy changes a revival of garden grabbing. James Cleverly said the National Planning Policy Framework rewrite amounts to a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph called the move an inadequate fix to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.