Hello,
Our power supply and foul drainage sewer currently run together across land owned by a third party. The mains water comes in separately from the opposite side of the house, the phone is overhead and heating is by oil, so it is just the sewer and power cable that share the same run.
The power cable and supply arrangement has been deemed unsatisfactory by Western Power (power cable poorly joined underground and draped along foul drainage pipe) and we have agreement with them to run a new up to standard Western power cable up to the house and in to the new meter and box that we are having installed.
We would prefer to run this new cable on a new direct line to the house or otherwise in an approved Western Power trench next to the existing foul drain. The land owner has stated that our title deed clause only allows repair of existing arrangements and that what we are proposing constitutes an extension of our wayleave provisions. The foul drain that crosses this third party land has been adopted by South West water under the legal changes in 2011. Ironically it is the landowners themselves who originally made the current unsatisfactroy arrangement!
So the question is is it possible to lay the new Western Power cable directly above or below the existing Foul drainage pipe or is there a specified requirement for some horizontal separation for these utility services? It looks like this is going to have to go to solicitors for a legal decision but before we do that is would be helpful to have some technical comments.
Thanks
Our power supply and foul drainage sewer currently run together across land owned by a third party. The mains water comes in separately from the opposite side of the house, the phone is overhead and heating is by oil, so it is just the sewer and power cable that share the same run.
The power cable and supply arrangement has been deemed unsatisfactory by Western Power (power cable poorly joined underground and draped along foul drainage pipe) and we have agreement with them to run a new up to standard Western power cable up to the house and in to the new meter and box that we are having installed.
We would prefer to run this new cable on a new direct line to the house or otherwise in an approved Western Power trench next to the existing foul drain. The land owner has stated that our title deed clause only allows repair of existing arrangements and that what we are proposing constitutes an extension of our wayleave provisions. The foul drain that crosses this third party land has been adopted by South West water under the legal changes in 2011. Ironically it is the landowners themselves who originally made the current unsatisfactroy arrangement!
So the question is is it possible to lay the new Western Power cable directly above or below the existing Foul drainage pipe or is there a specified requirement for some horizontal separation for these utility services? It looks like this is going to have to go to solicitors for a legal decision but before we do that is would be helpful to have some technical comments.
Thanks
