Angela Rayner softened planning guidelines to make it easier to create housing on gardens. Officials announced the decision alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding serves as the starting step of a larger building push intended to supply new homes across designated communities.
Critics called the policy changes a revival of garden grabbing. James Cleverly said the National Planning Policy Framework overhaul represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph labeled the decision as a flawed answer to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.