House building targets will be reintroduced and the “absurd” ban on onshore wind farm developments revoked.

Reeves also vowed to prioritise energy projects and create a new taskforce to accelerate stalled housing projects beginning with Liverpool Central Docks, Worcester Parkway, Northstowe and Langley Sutton Coldfield representing more than 14,000 homes.

The chancellor said she would back local authorities looking to recruit 300 additional planning officers across the country and speed-up decisions on major infrastructure projects.

Reeves said: “I know that there will be opposition to this. I’m not naïve to that.

“And we must acknowledge that trade offs always exist: any development may have environmental consequences, place pressure on services, and rouse voices of local opposition.

“But we will not succumb to a status quo which responds to the existence of trade-offs by always saying no, and relegates the national interest below other priorities.

“Be in no doubt – we are going to get Britain building again.”