Cabinet Ministers Could See A Big Rise In The Number Of Houses Built In Their Back Yards

More than half of the Cabinet could see a major rise in the number of houses built in their back yards under a controversial planning algorithm. Ministers have introduced a formula for deciding how many homes are needed in each local authority in a bid to meet a national target of 300,000 new homes a year. Boris Johnson is under pressure to ditch the system following concerns that greenfield sites will be built on simply because the algorithm claims more homes are needed. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s local district in Elmbridge, Surrey, planned to build 225 new homes a year but the algorithm states that 774 are needed. Read more on the Mailonline.

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