Boris Johnson says he’ll tear up planning regulations in a bid to help Britain build its way out of the coronavirus crisis.
The Prime Minister will change the rules to allow commercial properties including office blocks to be converted into flats more easily.
But the move follows “horror stories” about tiny, cramped homes being created through office conversions - some less than 14 square metres.
Last year homelessness charity Shelter highlighted a property in Balham, South London - where a developer submitted an application to turn a two storey building into 26 ‘flats’.
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