South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) statutory consultation library
For reference, you can find all our SESRO statutory consultation 2025 materials detailed below
PEI Report Volume 1 - Main report
Chapter 2 - Project description
Chapter 3 - Consideration of alternatives
Chapter 4 - Approach to the environmental assessment
Chapter 7 - Terrestrial ecology
Chapter 8 - Historic environment
Chapter 9 - Landscape and visual
Chapter 10 - Geology and soils
Chapter 11 - Materials and waste
Chapter 12 - Traffic and transport
Chapter 14 - Noise and vibration
Chapter 15 - Socio-economics and communities
Chapter 18 - Climate resilience
Chapter 19 - Major accidents and disasters
Chapter 20 - Cumulative effects
Chapter 22 - Glossary of terms
Figure 1.2 - Draft Order limits
Figure 2.2 - Construction elements
Figure 5.1 - Surface water features
Figure 5.2 - WFD surface waterbodies
Figure 5.3 - Surface water quality monitoring locations
Figure 5.4 - Surface water flow and level monitoring locations
Figure 5.5 - Aquifer designations
Figure 5.6 - WFD groundwater bodies
Figure 5.7 - Hydrogeological study areas and features
Figure 5.8 - Groundwater monitoring locations
Figure 5.9 - Catchment abstraction management strategy areas
Figure 5.10 - Existing Risk Of Flooding From Rivers And Sea (Fluvial)
Figure 5.11 - Existing Risk Of Flooding From Surface Water (Pluvial)
Figure 5.12 - Groundwater Flooding Susceptibility
Figure 5.14 - Water Environment Receptors Superficial Geology
Figure 5.15 Water Environment Receptors Bedrock Geology
Figure 6.1 - Aquatic ecology study area
Figure 6.2 - Statutory designated sites (international)
Figure 6.4 - Watercourses and priority river habitat
Figure 7.1 - Terrestrial ecology study area
Figure 7.2 - Statutory designated sites (international)
Figure 7.3 - Statutory designated sites (national) and non-statutory designated sites
Figure 7.4 - Important habitats
Figure 8.1 - Study area historic environment
Figure 8.2 - Designated heritage assets within the study area
Figure 8.3 - Historic environment features and findspots within the study area
Figure 8.5 - Historic environment receptors
Figure 9.1 - Landscape and visual study area
Figure 9.2 - Landscape designations and key constraints
Figure 9.3 - Landscape character areas
Figure 9.4 - Reservoir ZTV (bare earth - DTM)
Figure 9.5 - Reservoir ZTV (screening - DSM)
Figure 9.6 - Reservoir ZTV heatmap (screening - DSM)
Figure 9.7 - Intake - outfall ZTV (bare earth - DTM)
Figure 9.8 - Intake - outfall ZTV (screening - DSM)
Figure 9.9 - Solar site ZTV (bare earth - DTM)
Figure 9.10 - Solar Site ZTV (Screening DSM)
Figure 9.11 - Viewpoint And Photomontage Locations (With ZTV)
Figure 9.12 - Dark Skies And Light Pollution
Figure 9.13 - CPRE Tranquillity Mapping
Figure 9.14 - Visual Receptors Users Of Linear Routes
Figure 9.15 - Visual Receptors Communities And Other Sensitive Receptors
Figure 9.16 - Landscape Receptors
Figure 10.1 - Geology and soils study areas
Figure 10.2 - Geology and soils receptors - Superficial geology
Figure 10.3 - Geology and soils receptors - Bedrock geology
Figure 10.4 - Controlled waters receptors
Figure 10.5 - Existing ground investigation
Figure 10.7 - Potentially contaminated land
Figure 10.9 - Surface water receptors
Figure 11.1 - Mineral resource areas
Figure 12.1 - Traffic and transport study areas
Figure 12.2 - Traffic survey locations
Figure 12.3 - Existing PRoW and cycling routes
Figure 12.5 - Traffic and Transport Receptors - PRoW and cycling routes
Figure 12.6 - Traffic and transport Receptors - Bus routes
Figure 12.7 - Traffic and Transport Receptors - Junctions, links and rivers
Figure 13.1 - Affected road network and sensitive human receptors included in the assessment
Figure 13.2 - Air quality monitoring locations and Air Quality Management Areas
Figure 13.3 - Construction dust buffers and ecological receptors
Figure 13.4 - Operational odour sources and pathway receptors
Figure 14.1 - Noise and vibration study area, baseline features and measurement locations
Figure 15.1 - Study area accessibility and land take (500m and 5km)
Figure 15.2 - Study Area Amenity (5km)
Figure 15.3 - Study Area Economics (local authority and county level)
Figure 15.4 - Public Rights of Way, national and local routes (including cycling routes)
Figure 15.5 - Residential dwellings, community facilities, business and tourism receptors
Figure 15.6 - Preliminary assessment of likely significant effects
Figure 16.1 - Local study area and Index of Multiple Deprivation
Figure 16.2 - Human health receptors
Figure 18.1 - Study area and UKCP18 Probabilistic data grid squares
Figure 18.2 - Study area and UKCP18 Regional data grid squares
Figure 19.1 - Major accidents and disasters study area
Figure 20.1 - Cumulative effects Zones of Influence
Figure 20.2 - Long list of other developments
PEI Report Volume 3 - Appendices
Appendix 2.1 - Draft Code of Construction Practice
Appendix 2.2 - Draft commitments register
Appendix 4.1 - Matters scoped out of the EIA
Appendix 4.2 - Competent expert evidence
Appendix 5.1 - WFD screening and scoping report - part 1
Appendix 5.1 - WFD screening and scoping report - part 2 - annexes
Appendix 5.2 - Preliminary Hydrogeological Impact Assessment
Appendix 5.3 - Surface water monitoring data
Appendix 5.4 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Water environment
Appendix 6.2 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Aquatic ecology
Appendix 7.1 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Terrestrial ecology
Appendix 8.1 - Archaeological and historical baseline
Appendix 8.3 - Gazetteer of heritage assets
Appendix 8.4 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Historic environment
Appendix 9.1 - Project-level Landscape Character Assessment
Appendix 9.2 - Preliminary assessment of effects on the North Wessex Downs National Landscape
Appendix 9.3 - Visual baseline
Appendix 9.4 - Viewpoint photography and visualisations (part 1 of 6) (large file - 552MB)
Appendix 9.4 - Viewpoint photography and visualisations (part 2 of 6) (large file - 431MB)
Appendix 9.4 - Viewpoint photography and visualisations (part 3 of 6) (large file - 549MB)
Appendix 9.4 - Viewpoint photography and visualisations (part 4 of 6) (large file - 483MB)
Appendix 9.4 - Viewpoint photography and visualisations (part 5 of 6) (large file - 339MB)
Appendix 9.4 - Viewpoint photography and visualisations (part 6 of 6) (large file - 413MB)
Appendix 9.5 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Landscape and visual
Appendix 9.7 - Preliminary Arboricultural Impact Assessment
Appendix 9.7 - Preliminary Arboricultural Impact Assessment - Annex I
Appendix 10.1 - Desk study and preliminary contamination assessment
Appendix 10.2 - Environmental database search report (large file - 684MB)
Appendix 10.3 - Desk study for unexploded ordnance and military uses
Appendix 10.4 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Geology and soils
Appendix 11.1 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Materials and waste
Appendix 12.1 - Traffic flow diagrams
Appendix 12.2 - Potential for fog and frost technical note
Appendix 12.3 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Traffic and transport
Appendix 13.1 - Air quality assessment methodology
Appendix 13.2 - Air quality baseline data
Appendix 13.3 - Air quality assessment results
Appendix 13.4 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Air quality
Appendix 14.1 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Noise and vibration
Appendix 15.1 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Socio-economics and communities
Appendix 16.1 - Evidence review of health determinants
Appendix 16.2 - Preliminary assessment of effects for Human health
Appendix 17.1 - Greenhouse gases data and assumptions
Appendix 18.1 - Technical note on observed and projected climate data
Appendix 18.2 - Climate change risk assessment
Appendix 18.3 - In-combination Climate Change Impact Assessment
Appendix 19.1 - Stage 1 - Hazard identification assessment
Appendix 19.2 - Stage 2 - Preliminary risk assessment
Appendix 19.3 - Information to support assessment of risks
All the consultation documents listed were available to view at the deposit location venues presented below.
Consultation brochures and feedback forms were also available to take away.
Venues and opening times
Abingdon Library, The Charter, Abingdon, OX14 3LY:
- Monday to Wednesday 9am – 7pm
- Thursday 9am – 1pm
- Friday 9am – 7pm
- Saturday 9am – 4.30pm
- Sunday closed
Wantage Library, Stirlings Road, Wantage OX12 7BB:
- Monday 9am – 8pm
- Tuesday & Wednesday 9am – 5.30pm
- Thursday 9am – 1pm
- Friday 9am – 8pm
- Saturday 9am – 4.30pm
- Sunday closed
Consultation brochures and feedback forms were available to collect from the information points presented below.
- GWP District Community Centre, 1 Gentian Mews, Didcot, OX11 6GR
- Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7JN
- St Peters Church, 6 Church Lane, Drayton, OX14 4JS
- Grove Parish Council, Old Mill Hall, School Lane, OX12 7LB
- The Marcham Centre - Barrow Close, Marcham, OX13 6TY
- The Crown Public House - Marcham, 1 Packhorse Lane, OX13 6NT
- St Michael's & All Angels Church, Church Lane, Steventon, OX13 6SN
- Steventon Village Hall, The Green, OX13 6RR
- All Saints Church, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4AE
- St Blaise Church, High Street, Milton, Abingdon OX14 4EW
- St Peter's & St Paul's, Church Street, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4NX
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Date of update |
Document title |
Reason for update |
| 31/10/25 | Feedback form | Call out box added to make clear that respondents can choose the questions they respond to, and don't need to respond to all questions |
| 31/10/25 |
Statement of Community Consultation |
Correction of typographical error |
| 06/11/25 |
Guide to Statutory Consultation Factsheet |
Correction of typographical error |
| 11/11/25 |
Statutory Consultation Brochure (digital version) |
Correction of formatting error |
| 13/11/25 |
Statutory Consultation Brochure (digital version) |
Correction of typographical error |