Electricity Wayleaves

[Lazy Sod]

SSE have just paid me the princely sum of £15.93 for 1 pole, a stay and a short length of overhead 11,000 volt cable. Last year the sum was £17.33. Have the rates been negotiated downwards? The stupid thing is that they insist on paying by cheque. Sometimes I can successfully photograph it and use the Lloyds banking app, but most of the time I can't make it work, so it's a trip to the post office, open 2 mornings a week in the garden centre in the next village or I will have to take it into the branch in the local town. I have asked SSE to pay it by BACS, but they refuse to do that.

 

[colhonk]

Do believe the great no fing use lot negotiated a reduction for us. may well be wrong

 

[robs1]

Just tell them to up the payments or remove it, the cost of doing any legal work would cost them much much more

 

[Rookie]

Crazy that your wayleave has reduced considering standing charges on electric contracts have increased a lot.!
Have wayleaves decreased nationwide or just in certain regions ?

 

[teslacoils]

My wayleave payment from Northern Powergrid is the only cheque I get all year. It's a two hour round trip on the bus to pay it in. Sigh.

 

[haymaker80]

Maybe we should all cancel our wayleaves unless they agree to pay by BACS

 

[Farmer Fin]

It’s worth double checking them. I got ours updated last year as over the years we have removed several fences and what was an non interfering pole becomes and interfering pole and pays more.

 

[Chris F]

Im pretty sure there was a thread about 6 months ago that NFU renegotiated the way leave deal for all Or were part of the process. I’ll try and find it.

Wayleaves and the NFU

Saw a topic on the British farming forum regarding wayleave agreed payments saying that the NFU have agreed to a reduction in all wayleaves. Don't know how to copy the link sorry. Is this actually true?

thefarmingforum.co.uk

 

[beef 1]

We have a request to accept the change of an electricity substation on our land .
Currently stands in 10 m x 10 m compound , surround by security fence .
They want to replace it with a similar, but up on H poles and moved 50 yards within the field so it doesnt apparently need planning .
The substation serves a large community , and is at full capacity .
There are several new building projects within the area that need supply and I dont know how theyre gonna get it , along with some that already cant get supply, but want it.
"" The thing is "", northern powergrid have offered me £136 annual new rental for the station and £35 for the new poles ***should I be biting their hands off ***

Also they will probably have wayleave to maintain but do they have it to "replace "
They dont want to pay for the compound they will use for 12/14 weeks
They have also just charged neighbouring new farm £20k to go 70 mts across their own field ! on two poles .

 

[solo]

Ideal situation to have a chat with a good land agent who will negotiate on your behalf. Those figures seem very low compared to your neighbour.