Something to be aware of ( especially on relatively new developments) is a 'service strip', a delevoper may not have (in a cul de sac for example) constructed a footpath alongside the road edge and the 'services' ( phone, water, gas, electricity etc) that would normally be in that footpath, appear to be in 'private' gardens, generally those houses where the garden appears to go all the way to the road edge, have a service strip, a 1 meter strip ( where the footpath could have existed) this isn't the householders 'land', and box lids for telecoms, gas, electricity etc, may look like they are in the 'garden' (or driveway) but they aren't ,they are in this service strip, how close to the 'road' is the box lid in question ?Īfter the roads/footpaths are adopted by the council, even if the householder cuts the grass etc it's 'public' land, and before adoption it's the developers land, it never was or becomes the householders 'land' was this box there before you moved in ?, if this is the case (box built at time of house construction) then no separate wayleave will exist ( or be needed) Generally, putting a jointbox on 'private' land is avoided, but if the box is there to service 'your' address then no wayleave is sought by BT or Openreach or paid, if it's there to allow service to other addresses then a wayleave may be applicable ,you cannot ask them to shift a box that exclusively serves your address, and it may well be part of the original builders development, rather than a later addition by BT/Openreach, so in effect the builder agreed to its location and whoever bought the house tacitly agreed to it being there ( and any subsequent buyer). When you say 'manhole' I'm guessing you mean a jointbox ( a manhole is a structure you use a ladder to climb down into, a jointbox is a much smaller thing, ) perhaps you could post a picture of it.
I'm a little confused, you say you are waiting for someone to come an inspect this manhole cover and that you have had 'BT' come and look at it ?, which is correct ?
I would rather just bt removed their equipment and put right the driveway as i dont want such problems in future but not sure if this us possible. I called today to see what stage things are at and was told it coulf take 6 months.i asked why and they said the surveyor is on holiday.they only have 1 surveyor for the whole of uk.i asked them if this was correct as it would mean this person is travelling up and down the country to inspect apparatus.thry said yes its mr shaw.i find this unbelievable.Īnyway the reason i am keen to get this sorted us because the square bt manhole is elevated on one side by 4 inches.so its a trip hazzard when kids out on bikes n may also damage car tyres as its unavoidable to get on driveway without going over it.i had bt come and look at this and they said they will arrange to get this fixed.i am still waiting.and have since learned they have no wayleave.
#Phonebox bureau update#
I have since started wayleave application and had no further update other than that they will send surveyor to asses the apparatus.
I have contacted bt and they have confirmed that they do not have wayleave after doing electronic search on their register. I recently discovered that i have a bt box in the ground on my driveway.
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