A ray of light in the darkness?

We sincerely hope that there's a ray of truth in this Guardian piece (picking up on an earlier Times' article).

If 'no longer will councils be required to adopt a zoning system in which developers in certain designated areas would get automatic planning permission' and 'Nor will the government any longer set local councils individual housebuilding targets, with the precise numbers to be determined by an algorithm' come to pass, then we will be back to local authorities determining their local need - or will we?!?

And the effect on the, still to reach Reg.19, Horsham District Local plan...?

Meanwhile, in the real world, as the Guardian comments 'Over the past five years, social housebuilding has averaged below 6,500 new homes a year in England, according to Shelter, while there are 1.1 million people on waiting lists.