Plan to allow barn conversions without planning permission ‘would destroy England’s national parks’

Park bosses condemn bonkers' proposition that they say would cause untold damage to our landscapes'

England's national parks would be destroyed" by proposed government rules that would allow landowners to convert barns into houses without planning permission, critics have said.

The levelling up department has launched a consultation into new legislation that would change permitted development rights to allow farmers to turn agricultural buildings into homes.