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Jeremy Hunt has announced a 拢110m fund to help local authorities tackle the potential impact of nutrient pollution.

In today鈥檚 autumn statement, the chancellor said the funding would help councils to deliver 鈥渉igh quality鈥� schemes which he said could unblock 40,000 stalled homes.

The move is the latest attempt by the government to tackle the impact of nutrient pollution rules which the Home Builders Federation has said are holding up the construction of more than 150,000 homes. An attempt earlier this year to amend the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill to solve the issue was blocked by Labour peers.

Responding to the announcement a spokesperson for the HBF said the money for mitigation schemes is 鈥渨elcome鈥� but is only a 鈥榩artial fix鈥�.

He said: 鈥淭here are 150,000 homes on hold and so a solution to unblock 40,000 over the coming years, via still to be finalised schemes is only a sticking plaster on a gaping wound.鈥�

Hunt also announced an extension of the affordable homes guarantee scheme.

The initial 拢3bn scheme which offers government-guaranteed, low-cost loans to housing associations to build homes or improve existing stock, will be extended by another 拢3bn.

The government said this should allow the scheme overall to deliver 20,000 extra homes.

Hunt made 拢32m available to tackle planning backlogs. He also announced a new permitted development right to allow one house to be converted into two flats, provided the exterior remains unaffected.

The government will invest 拢450m into the third round of the Local Authority Housing Fund to deliver 2,400 extra homes. It will extend the preferential rate offered by the Public Works Loan Board, which loans to local authorities, for housebuilding.

It said that this could 鈥減rovide savings and additional investment in social housing of as much as 拢150m over the life of the borrowing鈥�.

Today鈥檚 autumn statement also confirmed money to help the development of what the chancellor called 鈥渉ousing quarters鈥� in Cambridge, Leeds and London.

This includes 拢2m to help Cambridge address water scarcity, 拢3m to look at the case for a Cambridge development corporation and 拢2m in capacity funding to help the development of homes in Leeds.