This month Wiltshire MPs had their first meeting with the new Leader of the Council, Liberal Democrat Councillor Ian Thorn.

Discussion focused on the massive increase in housebuilding in Wiltshire that the Government has ordered.

I fully recognise the country needs more housing - but it needs it primarily in urban areas, not on green fields in the countryside.

Our towns and villages need to grow too, but in a way that is sustainable and sympathetic to existing settlements.

Previous plans for 2,000 new homes a year in Wiltshire already exceeded actual local demand, but........

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