Wayleave Letter For Underground Cable On My Property From PCC

nicenswift

Hi,

I have just received a letter from a company called PCC saying that

"The electricity company who owns and operates the underground electricity lines on your property should have an agreement in place known as wayleave and they should be making a payment to you for allowing the cables to remain"

It then goes on to say that in return for this agreement the company has agreed to make you a one-off payment of £235 and have attached a form for me to sign if I want to go ahead.

BTW My property if in Bradford (West Yorkshire)

I am always wary of letters like this and wondered if anyone else has had this type of letter and what they did about it.

Many thanks for any help or advice.

Woodstok2000

There's a few threads about this type of letter if you search the forum. PCC are an intermediary who will negotiate with the electricity company on your behalf. They will want to be paid for this work and that will most likely come out of your settlement.

Firstly read the terms and check what percentage or fee the company is asking to take from any potential payout.

Then see if you can find your local network operator and speak to their wayleave or land rights department to ask if there is an active/missing agreement or unregistered apparatus on your land.

You can ask for a formal plant/cable location plan to verify if and where cables run through your property boundary before proceeding with any claim.

If all that adds up and it seems like there may be a valid claim, you can either go with PCC (or one of their competitors) or you can instruct your own solicitor (bearing in mind many will have no experience of electricity land rights) or you could just negotiate yourself.