North Wilts MP James Gray wades into the debate over the need for more houses in Chippenham James Gray with countryside campaingers near Chippenham NORTH Wiltshire MP James Gray has made a rallying cry to stop the march of ‘philistine developers’ ruining the Wiltshire countryside. He has accused Wiltshire Council of planning to build 5,000 more homes than the government is asking for to up to 2036. “The moral question at the heart of all planning is do we have some kind of obligation to allow them to do so?” “Take up cudgels on behalf of our countryside and stop the onward march of philistine developers,” he said.