Council and Electric Company Installations on Private Land

JohnSmith0701

martindow said:

ProDave said:

Can you think out of the box and a structure with minimal ground floor accommodation with most supported in pillars above the existing stuff?

As others said, what was there would have been obvious prior to purchase.  I assume it was cheap because of this?

I imagine there would be real problems tring to build over a transformer.  To start with the electricity company would need space to lift a transformer out with a crane if it needed replacing. 

I was in contact with electrical company. There suggestion was to excavate with hand to ensure fiber optic and elecrtrical cables are not disturbed. Risk to workers and buried infrastructure is too huge, making project unsustainnable. It appears previous owners (a big company) were not much bothered and their lack of interest resulted in council and utility companies laying their infrastructre within boundaries of private land, and it appears difficult to claim the land back.