Property owners who have a garden big enough to build another home on the land will not have the opportunity to profit from their gardens. New planning laws will halt such a development often called garden grabbing.
Property investors or home owners who may be considering building a home on their land will be disappointed by the move. Those who object to this type of developing which often fills a gaps with a home call the practice garden grabbing.
Communities minister Greg Clark is expected to announce that gardens will be reclassified, removing them from the brownfield category that makes it easy to obtain permission to build housing on them.
The move is part of a package of measures to prevent so-called garden grabbing, which increases population density and reduces green space.
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has attacked the planned measures, which it says ignores the crisis in housing provision, especially the need for more affordable homes.
Brian Berry, director of external affairs at the FMB, said: “It is very disappointing that the government has decided to give priority to the issue of garden grabbing rather than help the thousands of families in this country that need an affordable home.
“Reclassifying all gardens will inevitably mean even more pressure to build on the green belt and the countryside. What is need is a comprehensive review of the planning system to look at how we can allocate more land for housing.”