By Joey Gardiner 2021-05-11T07:40:00+01:00 Planning deregulatation said to be key Conservative electoral strategy Housebuilding industry figures have welcomed the government’s apparent decision to press ahead with a root-and-branch shake-up of the planning system ahead of the expected inclusion of a forthcoming planning bill in the Queen’s Speech later today. The bill, which is expected to be brought before Parliament in the autumn, is being designed to enact planning reforms trailed in last summer’s planning white paper, in which prime minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to “level the foundations” of planning and create an entirely new system.