DNO right to enter land?

[Alan Ambrose]

Hi,

 

I have a question re re-routing overflying cables. But it boils down to this: ‘does the DNO have rights to enter a neighbour’s land to inspect the DNO’s poles & cables?’ Could they, for instance add a new stay? I’m pretty sure the DNO can’t find the existing wayleave agreements - even if they once existed. In fact they probably couldn’t find their own … well never mind.
 

TIA, Alan

Edited October 1, 2022 by Alan Ambrose

[Ferdinand]

Given it is demonstrably their kit, and is infrastructure, I can't imagine that there will not be a legal provision or case law buried somewhere.

 

But I can't give you a reference.

[JohnMo]

DNO when installing equipment has in the past or does pay either a one off or yearly rental to the land owner.  Access to replace maintain etc, is  I believe written in to the rental agreement.

 

I think once the equipment is there, it's up to the DNO how long it remains there.

 

 

[Alan Ambrose]

Hi,

 

Yeah, for work done in the last 10 or so years (i.e. since the DNO was established) there should be docs. For work beforehand, my understanding is that there may have been no docs (I'm talking LV / 230 or 400V) or that the docs might have been lost in the mists of time.

 

Here, the latter is the case i.e. no docs.

 

Alan