Minister dismisses biodiversity net gain concerns in 90km pipeline approval

Plans to replace 90km of an aviation fuel pipeline running from London to Southampton have been given the go-ahead by the business secretary, who dismissed several local authorities’ concerns that the project's promoter had not demonstrated that the plans would achieve biodiversity net gain.

by Jamie Carpenter
Fawley refinery: pipeline will run from facility near Southampton to Esso’s West London Terminal Storage Facility in Hounslow (Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
Fawley refinery: pipeline will run from facility near Southampton to Esso’s West London Terminal Storage Facility in Hounslow (Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

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