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Electricity Apparatus Wayleaves

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Electricity Apparatus Wayleaves

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Postby MyNameIsUrl » February 10th, 2018, 2:55 pm

I've had a couple of letters from chartered surveyors offering to claim wayleave payments from my regional electricity distributor.

Their cut would be 20%. Is this like the personal accident and PPI claimers, where I could do it myself, or is it a specialist area where I could get 80% for doing nothing, or is it even an outright scam?

I have two poles in my garden carrying power and phone wires, so it does seem plausible. The amount quoted is £150 to over £1000.

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Re: Electricity Apparatus Wayleaves

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Postby Breelander » February 10th, 2018, 3:02 pm

There are two types of agreement covering utility apparatus on private land: a wayleave, with an annual payment, and an easement, which grants the right for a utility company to place apparatus in perpetuity in return for a one-off payment. Agreements ought to be registered in your deeds...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/art ... -land.html

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Re: Electricity Apparatus Wayleaves

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Postby Sobraon » February 10th, 2018, 10:25 pm

I have an annual payment arrangement for a line crossing my paddock.

I just phoned the wayleave department at the distribution company when I purchased the land (Western Power for my part of the country) and they send me a cheque every Spring. No need to engage any 'middleman'.

Rate this year was £7.61 per pole (rent), and £2.30 per pole (pasture compensation) also £1.15/50 M of U/G cable (rent).

So not a huge amount but sufficient to be worth claiming.

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Re: Electricity Apparatus Wayleaves

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Postby jackdaww » February 11th, 2018, 9:40 am

Sobraon wrote:I have an annual payment arrangement for a line crossing my paddock.

I just phoned the wayleave department at the distribution company when I purchased the land (Western Power for my part of the country) and they send me a cheque every Spring. No need to engage any 'middleman'.

Rate this year was £7.61 per pole (rent), and £2.30 per pole (pasture compensation) also £1.15/50 M of U/G cable (rent).

So not a huge amount but sufficient to be worth claiming.


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