“On Saturday, more than 150 protesters, alongside North Wiltshire MP James Gray, rallied against the plans to build a distributor road linking the A350 and the 7,500 extra houses it would pave the way for.
Mr Gray said they must stop the “desecration of the countryside”.
Steve Perry, chairman of CAUSE, the Campaign Against Urban Sprawl to the East (of Chippenham), accused Wiltshire Council of predetermination with the plans, which will be up for consultation next year.
He also claimed the local authority was misleading people by saying the road and resultant houses were to meet Chippenham’s housing needs.”
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Hinman, Niki. Gazette & Herald 16 December 2020.