THE countryside across the south and east of Woking borough is to be spared the disruption of being dug up for the construction of a new aviation fuel pipeline.

Esso has decided not to pursue using a route from Sutton Green to West Byfleet and Byfleet when it replaces its supply line from Fawley oil refinery to the West London Oil Terminal.

This direction, outlined as a 200m-wide corridor known as Options M and Q, caused particular alarm in Pyrford, where two conservation areas, several listed buildings and ancient woodland would be affected.

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