BT Open Reach Pole Objection

jo6677

This is possibly a rare post to compliment how efficient Open Reach has been regarding a Pole Objection. I was prepared to have a battle on my hands after doing my research however to my surprise it has been quite the opposite. In short I purchased a property with a beast of a pole will about 30 lines coming off it in the back garden (most defunct). The only way it could be accessed was through the property. There was no way leave in situ. I sent in a request to have the pole relocated and included photographs of both the pole and alternate possible street locations. I heard back within a week. A site survey was performed a week later and a 3 stage plan has been put in place to remove it. Phew!

ProDave

I suspect you were lucky and it was there without a wayleave agreement so they were on thin ice. It may not always be hat easy to get it moved.

PTB15

Hi Jo, thanks for sharing - I’d be interested to learn more about how you proceeded with this. I am in a similar situation (openreach telegraph pole on property, a large number of lines coming off it and no way leave in place). I have emailed many times, called and finally wrote a letter requesting the removal of the pole, but all I’ve received is that this is possible but I have to pay. I’d be interested to know what you put in your request which resulted in them agreeing to move the pole at their cost. If you would mind sharing, that would be much appreciated! Many thanks

G_M

I had a similar expeience, though there was a wayleave agreement in place.


Pole was in my back garden, but on request was moved to just inside my boundary in the front garden. I still get a tenner or so each year as wayleave payment but it no longer is an eyesaw in the middle of the garden.


Biggest problem was getting their machines on site to uproot the damn thing. (photos available!)

xylophone

eyesaw in the middle of the garden.

Sounds painful.....nobody heard of laser correction round your way?:)

Davesnave

Had quite a job with ours. Neighbour 'relocated' it following a lightning strike, either by lying about whose land it ended up on, or by slipping the guys some cash. He built a stone shed to stop it coming back again too! All this happened prior to our purchase in a densely wooded area.

I was considering giving it a shove with a digger after some high winds, as it only served the bod who'd had it moved. We would only have pushed it 20 degrees or so his way, as I didn't like the idea of cutting anyone off from emergency services.

Anyway, after being ignored for a long time, a recorded delivery letter quoting the Telecommunications Act did the trick. We still have the pole, because we wanted the wayleave money, but it's in a place of our choosing now.

Oh, and I got to keep the old pole. Make fantastic gateposts!:D

G_M

xylophone wrote: »

Sounds painful.....nobody heard of laser correction round your way?:)

Out in the stix here () so no, no lasers...


:T

z1a

G_M wrote: »

Out in the stix here () so no, no lasers...


:T

Or dictionaries!

Davesnave

"Eyesaw" reminds me of the the old playground rhyme, back in the day....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlirmu9NKf0


Of course, nowadays, no kid would know the name Esau, but in the 1950s we had to study the Old Testicle as if it was gospel truth! :rotfl: