not far down the road, the prime minister was at another development to announce that those rules would now be scrapped and he would bring in other environmental measures. well, today's announcement will unlock 100,000 new homes and we're able to do this because previously, it was a disproportionate and poorly targeted old eu ruling that blocked these homes. thankfully, we can now reverse that and alongside that, we're investing hundreds of millions of pounds to continue protecting and enhancing our precious natural environment. in norfolk, it's the impact on the broads that's the concern. natural england says high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus are seriously damaging the waterways here, and it's the same in other parts of england. so under the law, developers in those areas have had to be able to show they can build new houses without increasing the levels of pollutants. this is a shocking announcement by government today that completely breaks promises that they made to parliament and to the british people in just the last few months