Check if there is a current Easement or Wayleave agreement in place. The differences are noted below. Without an Easement or Wayleave agreement Virgin Media have no rights to access private property.
An Easement only requires a one-off payment to secure permanent access whereas a Wayleave is usually a temporary agreement. Landowners can request for a previously agreed Wayleave to be renegotiated or changed to an Easement agreement but not the reverse.
A Wayleave agreement is usually an annual thing. It’s a personal contract between the provider/utility and the land owner. This means it’s not permanent and can be terminated by giving notice. That being said, the notice can be up to a year.
Only when/if a Statuary or Necessary Wayleave has been granted, which allows a provider the right to access land and install their equipment without the concurrence of the landowner, can it be enforced in perpetuity.
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Obtaining a copy of Wayleave Agreements
Wayleave agreements must be disclosed to the Land Registry on application for a change of registration and copies can be obtained, if there are any, by obtaining a Conveyancing Deeds Search. In order to ascertain if such a document is available from the Land Registry you should look at your Title Register to see if the wayleave is referred to, which would normally be the case. At the foot of the paragraph referring to it will be a note that it has been copied (if it has), which means that a copy is available for purchase.
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