South West Surrey MP Jeremy Hunt has fiercely criticised what he considers to be a backdoor attempt by the government to increase housing targets for the South East. He fears this could lead to a massive increase in ""garden grabbing"" overdevelopment, which is an issue of major concern in Farnham, Godalming and Haslemere.The South East Regional Assembly recently adopted the South East plan which would see an average of 28,900 dwellings built per annum between 2006 and 2026. This was higher than the 25,500 dwellings overwhelmingly supported by members of the public in the consultation ""Your Shout"". However Jeremy Hunt has now uncovered a report surrepticiously put on the Government of the South East (GOSE)'s website on Thursday 22 June which suggests the government is looking at forcing through much higher targets.He said: ""The government can't have it both ways. They forced regional assemblies on us, but when the regional assembly doesn't give it the answer it wants, it commissions consultants reports to lay the ground for reversing their decision. ""The result will be even more unwanted houses, and not the affordable housing we desparately need for first time buyers. It is an an apalling abuse of power to try to bump up the targets by the back door and and I will asking an urgent parliamentary question to Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State of Local Communities, to insist on an explanation.""On 21 June Mr. Hunt spoke in a debate on Garden Grabbing in the House of Commons and has been a strong critic of government housing policy.