<b><b>Robert Jones welcomes the changes to the structure of government and new planning minister Lord Falconer's quest to modernise planning. But he warns that this is going to be a Herculean task which others have attempted but failed</b></b><br><b>So we now have a new government department, a new minister and new policies in the offing. Not just &amp;"Bingo!&amp;", but &amp;"Full House!&amp;" But before we all start getting over-excited and looking to the Green Paper to solve our planning woes, which are legion, perhaps it is worth taking stock of the position to see what is achievable and what is not. </b><br><b><b>Been there..</b>. </b><br>Firstly we've all been there before. Virtually all planning ministers start by saying that they are going to speed up the system. Few, if any, have succeeded, even if they have colossal will to bring such change about. Lord Falconer will be faced with just the same problems as his many predecessors and even the backing of Downing Street will not help him one little bit if he doesn't move swiftly and decisively. <p></p><p>The departmental changes which swiftly followed the election were aimed at making change easier, in a general sense, and I, for one, believe the reports that …