We (Esso Petroleum Company, Limited) launched our Southampton to London Pipeline Project late in 2017. The project proposes to replace 90km of our 105km underground aviation fuel pipeline that runs from our Fawley Refinery near Southampton, to our West London Terminal storage facility in Hounslow.
Feedback from the 1,400+ people who took part in our three consultations, plus our ongoing meetings and conversations with local organisations and landowners, helped us to confirm our final route for the replacement pipeline. You can view the final route on our interactive map.
Following the final route announcement, we submitted our application for development consent to the Planning Inspectorate in May 2019 and it was accepted for examination in June 2019. The examination, undertaken by the Examining Authority on behalf of the Planning Inspectorate, started on 9 October 2019.
We are now consulting on reducing the number and size of the temporary logistics hubs proposed in our application for development consent. The route of the replacement pipeline is not affected by these proposals.
Further details on the proposed changes can be found on our consultation page. If you would like to submit any comments on these changes, please complete and submit our response form. The consultation will end at 23:59 on 13 December 2019.