Electricity Pole removal

belslot

Many Thanks for all your replies.

Mine and all the neighbouring properties where owned by the same land owner when electricity came to the village.

There are alternative routes from the sub station across the lane to the neighbour whose gets there supply via my garden and pole so they still get electricity.

The properties either side have wayleave agreements but not mine. I have been offered a wayleave agreement but I would prefer no pole and cable near my house.  

My house is Grade 2 Listed I dont know if this would have any bearing on the situation.

Rob5342

As far as I know they are free to string cables iver land without needing the owners permission as long as it doesn't go within a certain distance of any buildings. Even if you got the pole moved you get still have a cable. 

BarelySentientAI

belslot said:

Many Thanks for all your replies.

Mine and all the neighbouring properties where owned by the same land owner when electricity came to the village.

There are alternative routes from the sub station across the lane to the neighbour whose gets there supply via my garden and pole so they still get electricity.

The properties either side have wayleave agreements but not mine. I have been offered a wayleave agreement but I would prefer no pole and cable near my house.  

My house is Grade 2 Listed I dont know if this would have any bearing on the situation.

They're offering you a wayleave agreement to be nice and avoid extra paperwork.

If they choose, they could just register the prescriptive easement, use their rights to site supply equipment wherever they wish as per the Electricity Act, or charge you for moving it at a cost of thousands.

mmmmikey

If you want the pole removing fair enough.

But I think you should accept that the reasonable thing to do is to pay for it yourself.

If you use some historic legal anomaly to try and avoid paying, the cost will ultimately be borne by the rest of us through standing charges. Does that seem fair to you?

Ectophile

mmmmikey said:

If you want the pole removing fair enough.

But I think you should accept that the reasonable thing to do is to pay for it yourself.

If you use some historic legal anomaly to try and avoid paying, the cost will ultimately be borne by the rest of us through standing charges. Does that seem fair to you?

I'm sure it seems fair to the person whose garden the pole is standing in the middle of.

Ectophile

BarelySentientAI said:

belslot said:

Many Thanks for all your replies.

Mine and all the neighbouring properties where owned by the same land owner when electricity came to the village.

There are alternative routes from the sub station across the lane to the neighbour whose gets there supply via my garden and pole so they still get electricity.

The properties either side have wayleave agreements but not mine. I have been offered a wayleave agreement but I would prefer no pole and cable near my house.  

My house is Grade 2 Listed I dont know if this would have any bearing on the situation.

They're offering you a wayleave agreement to be nice and avoid extra paperwork.

If they choose, they could just register the prescriptive easement, use their rights to site supply equipment wherever they wish as per the Electricity Act, or charge you for moving it at a cost of thousands.

You can't just register a prescriptive easement over somebody else's land.  They have the option to object.  And it could end up going to a tribinal.

BarelySentientAI

Ectophile said:

BarelySentientAI said:

belslot said:

Many Thanks for all your replies.

Mine and all the neighbouring properties where owned by the same land owner when electricity came to the village.

There are alternative routes from the sub station across the lane to the neighbour whose gets there supply via my garden and pole so they still get electricity.

The properties either side have wayleave agreements but not mine. I have been offered a wayleave agreement but I would prefer no pole and cable near my house.  

My house is Grade 2 Listed I dont know if this would have any bearing on the situation.

They're offering you a wayleave agreement to be nice and avoid extra paperwork.

If they choose, they could just register the prescriptive easement, use their rights to site supply equipment wherever they wish as per the Electricity Act, or charge you for moving it at a cost of thousands.

You can't just register a prescriptive easement over somebody else's land.  They have the option to object.  And it could end up going to a tribinal.

True, but Schedule 4 is a powerful thing.