New BT Phone Wire across my property! Help..

OverlandLandy

Hi All

BT came today and installed a new phone line at my neighbours rental property. And now there is a thick wire goes from the pole (not on my property) right across (above) my garden.

It is above where we sit out and where our washing line is...so I'm concerned about birds sitting on there and messing on our washing, patio chairs, table etc.... Not to mention the fact if they sit there the dogs will probably start barking at them...

It also means that I now cannot put up my ham radio antenna as there is no longer clear air above the house.

They never asked to do this...not even a polite knock on the door!

The question is...what can I do?
I do not want to fall out with my neighbours but I'm sure they would not like our phone wire above their back garden or washing line either!

Thanks

macman

You can't do anything. You do not own the airspace above your property, and OR have not apparently trespassed upon your property to fit this cable.

OverlandLandy

I wondered as much!

so what happens when I put my amateur radio antennas up on my wind up or pneumatic mast) and they interfere with the BT Cable?

macman

If you damage their cabling then OR could ask you to pay for any repair.
And vice versa of course.

OverlandLandy

Its a total pain in the backside...I can re-locate the antenna...but the neighbours are sure to complain as they will then be in line of sight of their house and blocking their view...

If I don't re-locate them I cant carry on my hobby of the last 30 years!

The antennas are rather large and weigh a fair bit (including the support structure) would easily pull the cable off the pole/neighbours house....

Looking at it again it now means the small turbine I had planned needs to go in front of their view now.... Oh well... at least their happy that their tenants have a new phone line!

Ash_McCloud

Hope none of the cables supplying electricity for your hobby pass above anyone's land.

macman

Your neighbours do not have any god-given right to their view either. You can locate the antennae where you wish on your property.

OverlandLandy

Ash_McCloud wrote: »

Hope none of the cables supplying electricity for your hobby pass above anyone's land.

they go up the side of the farmers field and then the side of mine. Nothing is directly over head.

You have mad me think though... Can I locate my antennas in my land adjacent to my neighbours plot and run my co-ax and control cables over their land (in the air...almost following the same route as the Phone Line). The antennas would be on my land...and not directly in their line of sight or spoiling their view.

OverlandLandy

macman wrote: »

Your neighbours do not have any god-given right to their view either. You can locate the antennae where you wish on your property.

I guess I could - I just need to apply for planning permission - I now cant raise the antennas where the phone cable is crossing my land so the only option is the other side of the house..unfortunatly this will be right in the middle of their uninterrupted view across the valley and down to the conservation village... Its the vista that they have as the front photo on their holiday let (the one that has just got the phone line installed)!

I can see how neighbour disputes develop... They will NOT be happy - but I don't want to give up my hobby of some 30 years...

macman

What makes you think that PP is required for this?

OverlandLandy

macman wrote: »

What makes you think that PP is required for this?

it has been in the past...and antennas could not overhang neighbouring property while rotating... hence my question on the phone cable...