New BT Phone Wire across my property! Help..

macman

Overhanging next door is is a different matter entirely. PP is not relevant, you wouldn't get it anyway, and even if you did put it there then the neighbour could simply remove it if it overhung.
No connection with a utility cable passing over the property.

OverlandLandy

So if I get this right...
BT can run a cable over my garden to my neighbours house
But I can't run a cable over my neighbours land or have my antenna rotate into their air space...
This makes no sense whatsoever. Or is it just me?

OverlandLandy

macman wrote: »

No connection with a utility cable passing over the property.

Winner of pun of the week:rotfl:

littleboo

OverlandLandy wrote: »

So if I get this right...
BT can run a cable over my garden to my neighbours house
But I can't run a cable over my neighbours land or have my antenna rotate into their air space...
This makes no sense whatsoever. Or is it just me?

The difference is that BT has an obligation to provide telephone services and to do that it needs to run cables. If they couldn't fly cables over other properties, there would be a lot more telephone poles around and everything would be a lot more expensive.

bryanb

I suggest you google "Wayleaves BT" All the info is there.
You may be able to ask them to re route the cable if it interferes.

System

BT do not need a wayleave for a cable overflying land. Wayleaves are for equipment e.g. poles, cabinets on a person's land

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/policy/electronic-comm-code/

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/network/wayleaves/faqs/wayleavesFaqs.do states

What are “flying wires”?
Under certain circumstances, Openreach is allowed to “fly wires” over an adjacent property from an existing pole without the need for a wayleave. This permission only applies providing we do not need to enter the property concerned to do so, that the wires are at a height of 3m or more, and that they do not interfere with the normal business on the property.

As the normal business is a residential garden then there is no interference

OverlandLandy

!!!!!! wrote: »

BT do not need a wayleave for a cable overflying land. Wayleaves are for equipment e.g. poles, cabinets on a person's land

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/policy/electronic-comm-code/

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/network/wayleaves/faqs/wayleavesFaqs.do states

As the normal business is a residential garden then there is no interference

Thanks for that. It is very helpful.
The wire is well under 3m above my garden - if I stand on a chair I can touch it.
My home is also fully licenced for home boarding of dogs...so if the birds sit on the wire as they are already doing the dogs will end up barking.

I think I will need to call them...

macman

There is no known legislation that will prevent birds sitting on telephone wires-or even on your aerials.
If you keep barking dogs then that is an issue for you, not BT.

OverlandLandy

I had to comply with tight legislation in terms of the home boarding licence. Unsupervised areas must be constructed in a secure manner and must not interfere with the amenity of neighbouring houses etc.. they are very strict on noise (ie barking) which is why we constructed things the way we did...

To be honest I'm past caring on this matter. Its quite funny really... my neighbours are very nice but they love their view and sell their holiday home on the views and the tranquility.... due to a phone line going into their property they may end up with neither... lets hope I'm wrong but as they sey...don't worry about things you cant influence. I will not be giving up my hobby or stopping the business - they will just need to live with it! :rotfl:

PS - birds dont sit on my antenna - i use thin wires to prevent this and 1kw of power transmitter power will soon cook a crow anyway. I would shot them - but my neighbours don't like me shooting
Oh and our dogs do not bark at birds or chase them they are too well trained for that... but I cant always count on our guest dogs...some are not so well mannered

biglugs

If it were me the solution would be obvious. I'd just plant a very fast growing Leylandii conifer and wait for BT to come and move their cable.