Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to make it easier to create housing on gardens. Officials announced the decision alongside a £10bn housing investment.
This funding serves as the starting step of a major housing investment program aimed at providing new homes across designated communities.
Detractors described the relaxed rules a comeback of garden grabbing. James Cleverly argued that the National Planning Policy Framework update represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph labeled the decision as a flawed answer to Britain's housing crisis, while the government prioritizes releasing the new funding.