Way leave payments and compensation for electrity poles.

Hugh13

May not be the right place for this but I can't find anywhere more appropriate in the Forum .....

We have some land (about 4 acres) that goes with our house. There are two poles carrying electrical power lines across it. I know we should have a Way leave agreement with the power company and receive payments from them for having the poles on our property. I know that the payment rate is about £12 per pole. I've received letters from two firms of Chartered Surveyors offering to get compensation for having the poles on our land which, it would seem, will get us more money than the power company are offering. Has anyone have any experience of using companies like this?

Thanks,

Hughie

ProDave

A neighbour had this.  If there is no wayleave, you start by serving them notice to remove their equipment from your land.  Then they usually start negotiating with you.

Workshy1

We had a pole in the garden at our last house; replied to a 'compensation claim' letter also. It took a few years to sort out in our experience & sold the house before it came through, so gained nothing, but worth a try. Nothing to lose.

Section62

ProDave said:

A neighbour had this.  If there is no wayleave, you start by serving them notice to remove their equipment from your land.  Then they usually start negotiating with you.

AFAIK this only works reliably if the equipment serves another property or properties, not just your own.

Otherwise the distribution company may happily disconnect your supply (as requested) and send you a bill.

OP, what do the cables do, are they supplying your property, or someone else's (as well)?

secla

We recently got 2k for power cable going over out garden. It was a standard payout they were doing as there were so many claims going out because solicitors are bulk sending out these letters.

I think if you have a wayleave in place already you wont be able to claim.

Hugh13

Section62 said:

ProDave said:

A neighbour had this.  If there is no wayleave, you start by serving them notice to remove their equipment from your land.  Then they usually start negotiating with you.

AFAIK this only works reliably if the equipment serves another property or properties, not just your own.

Otherwise the distribution company may happily disconnect your supply (as requested) and send you a bill.

OP, what do the cables do, are they supplying your property, or someone else's (as well)?

The posts I’m  claiming for are HV lines that cross our property. We also have a pole that supplies our house and that comes from a different set of cables, LV I assume.