Telegraph poles

[Glynis1971]

I have a telegraph pole in my garden. Do I have any rights regarding this as it is on my property?

[Eve]

This may help about payment or claiming rent...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread .html?p=5731062

Who is the pole owned by (or what utility does it serve)?

Is there a specific problem with it?

[Eve]

Another lik re payment for BT ones...

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid =20080604094142AAt1gso

[Eve]

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread .html?t=4620

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/telecommunications-ser vices/bt-1/371816/

http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspag es.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Telegraph+pol es?opendocument

http://community.channel4.com/eve/forums/a/tpc /f/6026044741/m/3220040529

http://www.diynot.com/forums//viewtopic.php?t= 130275

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[buildersmate]

I think Jenna has provided far more info than I know about this.
A couple of extra pointers. Do work out first whose pole it is. Electricity utility company poles can have BT wires attached, but not the other way around (as far as I know) - and BT are no longer allowed to camp ANY new wires onto leccy poles anymore.
Having worked out whose pole it is contact the Wayleaves Department. The pole only supplies you (and no-one else), you definitely won't get anywhere - they will say 'well you want the service don't you?'
If the pole supplies only others (and not you) then a wayleave should have existed, they may be willing to set one up, but as some of the links suggest, they pay only peanuts for this.

[maclarencat]

I had an electricity pole in my garden which also had the telephone wires connected to it. I asked the electricity board to remove the pole and put the wires undergroundas the pole was directly outside my kitchen window. The pole also supplied the electricity to my neighbour. They said that as I had requested the removal I would have to pay for the new supply going underground to my property but my neighbour would have theirs done for free as they had not made the request. After much discussion they came up with a figure of over �1000 for this work . After more discussion they came down to �350 and finally settled on me payng to have my telephone wires moved (�100) and digging the trenches for the wires which were going across our property and they made no charge to me or my neighbour. They told me that you do not have to have a neighbours supply crossing your land.

[Kimthurston]

You will probably have no rights at all, but the "owner" of the pole will most certainly have a Wayleave Agreement allowing them access onto your land for the purposes of maintenance, etc. You should check your Title Deeds as this will be referred to in either the Property or Charges Register