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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Tory London Mayor challenger vows to scrap affordable housing targets and free up space for 300k new homes

Nearly 300,000 new homes would be built in the capital by controversially scrapping affordable housing quotas and overhauling planning rules, a Tory mayoral hopeful has said.

Businessman Alex Challoner, who has joined the race to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, claims his proposals could unlock land for 135,000 homes in Park Royal in west London alone.

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