ESB Poles

soloeffort79

A few years ago my neighbour built a house across the road from my land. they had to bring a power line across my land and put a new pole in place on my land and brought the power across the road. Now where they put this pole is affecting where I plan on building. Do i have to pay to get this pole/wire moved considering they put in in the way in the first place and was for my neighbour?

Davy

Your going to have to pay for a new connection in any case which is around €1500, but they might move the other poles as part of the same job.

The Barrier

A new connection is about 1,500 Euro. I also had to get wires moved. There was no charge for this, it was included in the price of connection. It can take a while though. It might be an idea to pay the connection fee well in advance of commencing on your build. Include in your application a letter outlining the the fact that you require lines moved. In my own case it took seven weeks for the wires to be moved.

muffler

If its a "local" line as described then the ESB do not normally charge for moving the pole.

You will however have to show them the site layout plan and a copy of the planning permission you obtained to illustrate that the pole is interfering with the location of your proposed house.

Davy

muffler wrote: »

If its a "local" line as described then the ESB do not normally charge for moving the pole.

What do you mean by local line

muffler

Davy wrote: »

What do you mean by local line

Its the lines for residential connections as opposed to the high voltage (3 phase) or industrial lines.

In most cases these would be recognised by a standard pole carrying twin cables.