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dogs bottom

can i ask questions about Airgrid I have used the search box i cant find anything on Airgrid.
i would like to know what control if any a householder would have as regards the routing of power lines do the land owners control it or what?

Spear

Moved from N&F. Please note that legal advice is banned sitewide however.

dogs bottom

Can i get any advise surely my question is a basic write.

seamus

Yes, the land owners technically control it.

However, where a power line (or indeed any kind of facility cabling) cross your property, it is there through a wayleave agreement, and the property owner is not permitted to alter or interfere with the cabling.

So the land owners only technically have "routing" control insofar as they can choose to authorise the wayleave agreement or not. Once in place, the land owner cannot revoke the agreement.

I'm not sure what the story is with high-suspended power lines on the huge steel structures. I imagine they've been erected through a combination of wayleaves, CPOs and rental agreements.

dogs bottom

Hi seamus thankyou for the reply i am new to boards i find it difficult to navigate the site.
i think in my case the line was to be about 250-300m away from my house which i was ok with . But the land owners have not given permission to that route and airgrid have brought the line to within 100m of my house thats my problem .

The lines dont cross my property.

Kind regards.

D B.

seamus

dogs bottom wrote: »

The lines dont cross my property.

Then your only real way to protest is through planning. Contact your local county planning office and see what the story is.

I don't know what kind of planning permission is required to run cabling - I imagine it depends how high and how far the cabling is to be run.

Victor

The name is "Eirgrid".

This thread may be of interest: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056213075

Carawaystick

Or ESB networks
If it's not the east west interconnector

loremolis

seamus wrote: »

Yes, the land owners technically control it.

However, where a power line (or indeed any kind of facility cabling) cross your property, it is there through a wayleave agreement, and the property owner is not permitted to alter or interfere with the cabling.

So the land owners only technically have "routing" control insofar as they can choose to authorise the wayleave agreement or not. Once in place, the land owner cannot revoke the agreement.

I'm not sure what the story is with high-suspended power lines on the huge steel structures. I imagine they've been erected through a combination of wayleaves, CPOs and rental agreements.

SLight addition/clarification to the above:

In the case of an electricity line there is not necessarily a wayleave agreement in place.

A wayleave notice served on the landowner is all that is required to allow the placement of the line. The ESB/Eirgrid do not have to enter into a wayleave agreement in order to enter onto the land and erect the line.

It is the same process for all electricity lines including the ones on steel pylons. There is no requirement on the ESB/Eirgrid to Compulsorily Purchase the land or any rights over the land in order to build the line.

While there is no formal "rental agreement" the ESB do pay an annual "mast compensation" to the landowner for the inconvenience of having pylons or double pole sets on their land.

There is a distance within which the ESB/Eirgrid may alter the route of a line which has been granted planning permission (I think it's 40 metres in either direction), so I would agree with seamus that it would appear to be a planning matter.

dogs bottom

thankyou all for your replies. I am meeting airgrid people tomorrow and i hope to get clarification on what they are doing. ie (public information day) clashavoon to dunmanway.


kind regards,

DB.

dogs bottom

thanks Victor i am very slow just spotted the E!

kind regards,

db