Be afraid , be very afraid, if things have not changed since I had one.Anyone else got the joy of Anglian water putting a new water pipeline through their farm , its running from Grantham to Colchester .
They want to start digging trial trenches this month!
The wash outs and air valves SHOULD have been clearly shown on the original plan accompanying the Statutory Notice - and their position discussed and agreed with you.@rhsl
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Welcome to my world,they have got the pipe in the ground now and covered over, with the sodding air vents washout valves installed aswell.
That wasn't fun sorting that all out,they didn't think we would mine all this iron work stuck randomly along the length of the pipeline.
To top it off they won't reinstate the fields until they have stripped all the ground to Grantham.
I'm on the very first section.
Looking like end of March at the earliest,not going to holding my breath on that one.
Oh yes we have had all the bulls**t you wouldn't believe with nesting birds Roman/Saxon/Bronze age remains
The very first question I asked is what are you going to do with all the surplus limestone.
I got a very blank look,it's a big bloody pipe, its a lot of stone........... MY stone.
Had all this with the Fina oil line back in the 80's back then there wasn't all the health and safety wildlife BS.
I'll post some pictures tomorrow what it looks like now
I do wonder whether it is worth 2-3 farmers engaging someone to monitor all works on a full time basis in such a case? A student or the like, issued with a video/still camera and radio or phone?Thanks , I feared as much , my father had a gas pipeline through the farm in the 60's and he had to watch them all the time, doesn't look like like much has changed.
Have agent on board who is already acting for farmers, think our neighbours and us will all be using the same land drainage consultant to help us.
Daniels! Ye Gods, you have my heartfelt sympathy.We had a big gas pipeline put through the middle of the farm in the 60's, followed by Wessex Water in the 1980's (That was also Docwra). The water pipe was then relined in about 2012 the contractor was Daniels.
I can only echo all of the advice given above. Don't give them even a millimetre. Get the smoothest slickest most ruthless agent possible to work for you, it helps if several of you along the pipeline have the same guy, and through them claim every thing you possibly can, and don't be kind with your rates.
The compo from our last encounter bought our KV TineSeeder!
Refuse them permission to come on your property, in writing.We have got this water pipe supposed to come through some of our land. I'm not sure if we have to let them do it or not but at no point has any form of compensation been mentioned? They have wanted to come and do test holes and all sorts, despite the fact that we havent actually agreed any terms at any point. All seems a bit of a cowboy operation to me
The compensation we received would sound like a lot to many people, but the truth is that I would not do it again willingly for four times the money. The cost of crossing a 20 metre wide ancient monument probably exceeded our total compensation.We had a big gas pipeline put through the middle of the farm in the 60's, followed by Wessex Water in the 1980's (That was also Docwra). The water pipe was then relined in about 2012 the contractor was Daniels.
I can only echo all of the advice given above. Don't give them even a millimetre. Get the smoothest slickest most ruthless agent possible to work for you, it helps if several of you along the pipeline have the same guy, and through them claim every thing you possibly can, and don't be kind with your rates.
The compo from our last encounter bought our KV TineSeeder!
You must have been in the business long ago!The wash outs and air valves SHOULD have been clearly shown on the original plan accompanying the Statutory Notice - and their position discussed and agreed with you.
Please tell me that they DID serve a Notice before work started - 3 months if I remember correctly.
Please also tell me that they did not work on your land during winter months.
As others have said, get a good agent and keep a comprehensive diary.
In my day the majority of water company surveyors were professional and tried their best to prevent the worst excesses of contractors. I fear that these days so much of that work has been outsourced and many ‘surveyors’ have no experience of cross country pipelines.
Perhaps I should come out of retirement…………?