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Guidance note archiveShowing 31 Guidance Notes by Date. Show by Category.   GN24-11 Cable and Wireless: New Annual Payments for optic fibre cables installed on overhead electricity apparatusMany members have optic fibre attached to electricity pylons on their land. Following tough negotiations, CLA and the farming organisations agreed to recommend a package deal on rent to our members based on a three year period which is backdated to come... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [4 October 2011] GN13-11 Electricity Wayleaves - Rates of Payment from 01/04/11 to 31/03/12Many, if not all, members will be in receipt of electricity wayleave payments. The CLA works with the NFU and FUW to negotiate recommended rates of payment with the Electricity Industry designed to save members the time and cost of individual... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [11 July 2011] GN08-11 Angling and overhead power lines: reducing exclusion zones to increase fishing availabilityThe basic default exclusion zone establishes a no fishing area within 30m of electricity apparatus. In certain circumstances the new guidance permits a reduction to a safety distance of 7m between the tip of the rod to the overhead power line. Such a... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [3 June 2011] GN18-10 Electricity Wayleaves - Rates of Payment from 01/04/10 to 31/03/11Many, if not all, members will be in receipt of electricity wayleave payments. The CLA works with the NFU and FUW to negotiate recommended rates of payment with the Electricity Industry designed to save members time and cost of individual... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [13 September 2010] GN07-10 BT Openreach: New Wayleave Payments and Memorandum of Understanding from 2 March 2010The CLA and the NFU recently completed lengthy negotiations with BT's local access network delivery division, Openreach which will benefit farmers and landowners. The work has seen the completion of a landmark of a landmark memorandum of understanding... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [12 April 2010] Electricity Wayleaves - Rates of Payment from 01/04/09 to 31/03/10The rates set out in the Guidance Note, together with the energy Networks Association (ENA) Explanatory Notes, represent an increase in owner's payments and a rise in occupier's compensation and are recommended by the CLA/NFU and FUW after negotiation... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [21 July 2009] GN18-08 Electricity Substations: 2008 UpdateMany members have electricity substations on their land. The Updated Guidance Note provides new comparable evidence and details the law and practical advice on securing an open market rent. [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [28 November 2008] GN16-08 Necessary Wayleaves and the Owner's Rights to require removal or relocation of Electricity Industry EquipmentThe revised Guidance Note provides the background and helpful hints on how best to approach the sometimes vexed question of moving electricity equipment, and describes the statutory dispute resolution framework [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [18 November 2008] GN12-08 Electricity Wayleaves - Rates of Payment from 01/04/07 - 31/03/09The CLA and NFU, together with FUW, aim to avoid members the cost of individual negotiations on each electricity pole in the country. This Guidance Note sets out the latest recommended rates of payment which are advisory but do not bind any party. ... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [22 July 2008] GN25-07 Electricity Wayleaves - 2007 Rates of PaymentThis Guidance Note confirms the recommended rates of payment for both owners and occupiers for electricity equipment on private land in England and Wales. [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [2 October 2007] GN24-07 Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR) DeadlineTime is running out for the many small businesses with Rateable Values of below 15,000 (currently paying less than £6300 in Rates) to apply to their local charging authority for a reduction under the small business rates relief. For details on how... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [24 September 2007] GN17-07 Necessary Wayleaves and the Owner's Rights to Require Removal or Relocation of Electricity Industry EquipmentMembers who wish to change, underground, remove or are faced with proposed new electricity lines will benefit from the practical advice and legal background to the subject, set out in this Guidance Note. [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [24 May 2007] GN12-07 National Grid Gas (formerly British Gas Transco) New Gas PipelinesThe purpose of this joint CLA/ NFU Guidance Note is to assist landowners and occupiers of land affected by National Grid Gas (NGG) pipeline proposals. It has been updated following discussions with NGG. [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [24 May 2007] GN11-07 New Payments for Optic Fibre Cables Installed on Overhead Electricity ApparatusEnergis (now trading as Cable and Wireless) has a longstanding agreement with CLA and NFU on recommended rates for fibre optic cable on electricity pylons. The last agreed rate expired on 1 Dec 2004. In the event, following tough negotiations, in April... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [24 May 2007] GN09-06 Electricity Wayleaves - Rates of Payment from 01/04/06 to 31/03/072006 - 2007 rates for Electricity Wayleave Payments. Owners are advised to check that they are receiving the correct payments for all the electricity equipment located on their land. [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [11 September 2006] GN14-06 2006 BT Wayleave Payment Rates"New rates of payment for BT equipment on private rural land, from 1 September 2006, with explanatory notes on BT procedures for payment" [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [5 September 2006] GN13-05 The compensation Code and PipelinesThis guidance note sets out the law and practice regarding claims for water and other pipes. For gas pipes, see under Gas Easements [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [21 September 2005]  GN44-03: Payments for underground electricity equipmentMany wayleave officers employed by electricity companies are quoting out of date information about underground electricity wayleaves. This new Guidance Note provides the true picture and offers advice on the way forward. [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [28 November 2003] GN20-03: Water or sewerage service complaintsMany CLA members run into problems with water and sewerage service suppliers. A new consumer rights body has been set up to help deal with problems. [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [13 May 2003] GN58-02: Joint Guidance Note: BT Wayleaves and BackpaymentsBT used to pay up to six years of backpayments when its apparatus was found on land and there was no formal wayleave agreement in writing. The six years maximum reflected statutory limitation periods.In July 2001 BT announced that it was changing its... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [22 January 2003] GN31-02: Sewer Pipes - ransom values and Kettering Bc v Anglian Water PLCFor some time the CLA and NFU have been working with a number of landowners and agents to review the correct basis of assessing compensation where a water company serves notice to enter land to lay a pipe following service of a Requisition Notice by a... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [17 December 2002] GN32-02: The Telecommunications CodeAll telecommunications equipment owned by Code Systems Operators (companies licensed by OFTEL) is covered by the Telecommunications Code, which covers their statutory rights and responsibilities The Code is poorly drafted, and there is little case law to... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [17 December 2002] GN35-02: Electricity SubstationsElectricity substations are generally held on formal commercial leases at nominal rents. A number of these leases are now coming up for renewal or rent review.There is no national agreement on site rentals, each of which needs to be judged on its merits... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [17 December 2002] GN37-02: Capital payments for electricity equipmentMany landowners will be familiar with Electricity Industry (EI) companies installing electric lines or apparatus on their land. [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [17 December 2002] GN39-02: Installation of new public water pipesFrom time to time members will be approached by statutory undertakers seeking to lay new pipes.This Guidance Note sets out the relevant legislative background and offers guidance on the issue. Professional advice should always be taken in order to assess... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [17 December 2002] GN56-02: National Grid PLC and Telecommunications companiesMembers are sometimes approached by telecommunication companies for consent to use large scale electricity pylons on their land for telecoms purposes.Whilst the towers will be owned by National Grid plc, they are erected under powers contained in the... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [17 December 2002] GN01-01: Damage to water pipes: liability and how to avoid itFrom time to time members will inadvertently damage water pipes belonging to statutory undertakers. This Guidance Note sets out the relevant legislative background and offers guidance on how to avoid this problem. Professional advice should always be... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [16 December 2002] GN09-02: Necessary wayleaves and the owner's rights to require removal or relocation of electricity industry equipmentMany members ask for advice on the removal of existing electricity lines, or proposals to place new lines on their land. Electricity companies (known as District Network Operators) have certain statutory rights. The procedures are set out in the... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [16 December 2002] GN10-02: Principles of electricity wayleaves - calculation of compensation for interference with farming operationsMany members ask for advice on the principles of electricity wayleave payments. The following is the statement agreed between the Electricity Industry and the CLA, NFU and FUW as to application of the standard scale payments. This represents guidance to... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [16 December 2002] GN15-02: Private easements for water and drainage pipesThe CLA is often consulted by members who become involved in the laying of pipes to serve houses, farms or other property. Some may be wanting to obtain permission from a neighbour, others may have been asked for their agreement by a third party.This... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [16 December 2002] GN17-02: 186k or FPLTelecom Ltd* proposed fibre optic telecommunications line (a subsidiary of BG Transco also known as Lattice)FPLTelecom Ltd has raised a substantial sum to build a new telecommunications network linking the major cities in England in a loop. It has been granted a Code Systems Operators licence by DTI, giving it the compulsory powers available to all such... [Professional Advice/Guidance note archive] - [16 December 2002] |
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