Guardian reports that housebuilders will be freed from minimum density targets

The government is to scrap laws which require a minimum of 30 homes to be built on ever hectare.

The Guardian reported that Greg Clarke, the minister for decentralisation, will announce the scrapping of 鈥渕inimum density targets鈥� later this week.

This could mean that housebuilders will find it easier to construct larger houses with bigger gardens but critics say it will create a shortfall of smaller, cheaper homes.

The coalition will also change planning rules so that gardens are no longer classified as brownfield land that can be built on. 

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