Plans to double the maximum size of home extensions are a "recipe for community disaster", a Tory MP has warned ahead of a Commons vote.
Ministers want to ease planning restrictions in England for three years to boost the building trade.
But Zac Goldsmith said he would vote against the government by backing calls for councils to be able to opt out of the changes.
Allowing more extensions would "guarantee disputes", he told the BBC.
Ministers announced last year that they wanted a three-year relaxation of the planning rules to allow single-storey extensions of up to eight metres for detached houses and six metres for other houses to be built without planning consent being required.
'Misunderstanding'The proposal, which is still under consultation, has angered some local authorities and is opposed by Labour.
The Growth and Infrastructure Bill was amended last month by the House of Lords to stipulate that individual councils should be given the right to opt out of the planning rules changes.
MPs vote later on whether to keep the amendment, with more than 20 Conservatives and Liberal Democrats expected to rebel against the government or abstain, according to reports.
Planning Minister Nick Boles held talks with Tory MPs on Monday night to discuss their concerns. He has also written to all coalition MPs urging them to vote with the government and accused his critics of "misunderstanding" the proposals.
But Mr Goldsmith told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It will guarantee disputes between neighbours. I don't think anyone doubts that.
"It will be very unpopular and there is no evidence, as far as I can see, that it is going to solve any problems at all. It seems like very bad, clumsy politics."
But another Conservative MP, Heather Wheeler, insisted that the government's plans would create jobs.
She said: "We are desperately short of family-sized houses. This is an opportunity to kick-start local economies."
For Labour, shadow communities and local government secretary Hilary Benn said: "This likely rebellion over planning laws shows that the government is so weak and divided that it can't even agree on how to build conservatories.
"This ill-conceived scheme to allow unregulated and potentially unsightly development without scrutiny is anti-localist and will sow discord between neighbours."
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