The damage caused by backgarden grabbing, triggered by planning regulations introduced by the then Deputy Labour PM, John Prescott in 2000, should now come to a halt. I have campaigned for years against backgarden development.
On Thursday, the coalition government introduced new planning guidelines that have immediate effect. They remove gardens from the definition of brownfield land and scrap the Whitehall-set density target.
These new powers will help stop greedy developers demolishing detached houses, depriving families and wildlife of green spaces.
They will also give Sutton Council real power and discretion to determine the appropriate level of development for each area of the Borough, allowing high density building if residents want it and ensuring that more family homes with gardens can be built in new developments.
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