I have a small substation next door to me. This is built on land that looks as if it originally was taken from my garden. I think this because of how my garden boundry goes around it. The landlord of some shops at the other side of it, is under the impression he owns the land around it. The land down the side and back of it between the substation brickwall and my boundry wall. This land is adout two to three feet wide. I would asume that the substation people own it so they can get around it for maintenance. Is this guy deluded ?
Substation and land around it.
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Sorry. I'll get on with fixing it now for you.
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For access yes, ProbablyThanks for your input.
Can anyone tell me if substations have x amount of land beyond their brick walls for maintenance purposes ?
You could ask your DNO. They ought to know how much land they own - I expect they have records of all the land they own, as well as where their lines go over private land, and they have permission from land owners etc.
You don't want to be doing any major excavations around that area anyway
A water pumping station in the base of this information.
Wall of the building was one foot in from the boundary of the site. Adacent land owners were obliged to allow access over their land to enable maintainance purposes. This forced them to plant their boundary hedges and fences several feet from thier side of the boundary so hedges and fences may not be an accurate indication of the true boundary line.
Not all utility company buildings are on land owned by the utility company but may be built on landed rented from the owners. Over time these rental agreements tend to lapse or otherwise get forgotten about. We have a long disused village "sewage works" on our land for which the rent was fixed at two shillings and sixpence some time around 1910 ( from memory ). Two large built septic tanks now back filled.
Wall of the building was one foot in from the boundary of the site. Adacent land owners were obliged to allow access over their land to enable maintainance purposes. This forced them to plant their boundary hedges and fences several feet from thier side of the boundary so hedges and fences may not be an accurate indication of the true boundary line.
Not all utility company buildings are on land owned by the utility company but may be built on landed rented from the owners. Over time these rental agreements tend to lapse or otherwise get forgotten about. We have a long disused village "sewage works" on our land for which the rent was fixed at two shillings and sixpence some time around 1910 ( from memory ). Two large built septic tanks now back filled.
It's possible that the substation people don't legally own it...but the owner may still not be able to do anything with it due to a right of access.
eg. I own part of the private road in front of my house, but I can't block it off because my neighbours have right of access through it.
eg. I own part of the private road in front of my house, but I can't block it off because my neighbours have right of access through it.
I get a yearly wayleave cheque from Central Networks for the two poles on my land
About enough for an annual pint of mild and a bag of scratchings
About enough for an annual pint of mild and a bag of scratchings
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