Wayleave Agreement

Robin9

eccohouse wrote: »

How do I negotiate directly with the electricity company (Scottish Power Manweb)?

Write to them - enclosing a plan if you can.

If any pole and stay feeds only you then that is a service and no wayleave is required or paid.

Foggy7

Hi,


Following an unsolicited contact from SDF it made me curious as to whether the pole and stay + overhead cables are actually on my property. I therefore contacted my local wayleave officer who has made an unaccompanied site visit and confirmed that yes, they are on my property and that I am entitled to payment. We have agreed to meet for a site visit early next month to discuss the matter. I have read that the actual payment can be affected by the degree the property has been deemed to have had its value affected. This then begs the question, would I have been better going with SDF and paying them 20% in the hope that they can negotiate a higher settlement figure or dealing with the wayleave officer directly? Admittedly I have no idea what the wayleave officer will offer in the way of compensation at this point!


Anyone been down this road before?

JC_Derby

Foggy7 wrote: »

Hi,


Following an unsolicited contact from SDF it made me curious as to whether the pole and stay + overhead cables are actually on my property. I therefore contacted my local wayleave officer who has made an unaccompanied site visit and confirmed that yes, they are on my property and that I am entitled to payment. We have agreed to meet for a site visit early next month to discuss the matter. I have read that the actual payment can be affected by the degree the property has been deemed to have had its value affected. This then begs the question, would I have been better going with SDF and paying them 20% in the hope that they can negotiate a higher settlement figure or dealing with the wayleave officer directly? Admittedly I have no idea what the wayleave officer will offer in the way of compensation at this point!


Anyone been down this road before?

SDF Will get more money than you would - but that's because they charge a fee to the DNO and a fee to you.
NFU rates generally apply to wayleave payments - see if you can research them
otherwise approach the DNO direct