Do we have to have these pylons / powerlines / poles / substation on our land?
10.1 The law varies from country to country. The following applies to the UK, with a short note about other countries at the end. 10.2 Where there is a substation on your land, the following notes would apply to the power lines coming from the substation, including their supports and connected apparatus. 10.3 In the UK (with some differences between the home countries) the electricity company needs an agreement (usually a “wayleave”) to have the line there. With existing equipment, the landowner should have a written copy of the agreement. With some old installations, no written agreement exists or survives, in which case a wayleave may be deemed to apply by virtue of custom and practice. 10.4 The agreement may be a voluntary wayleave, or a compulsory (“necessary”) wayleave, or a permanent easement. Wayleaves may be terminated, usually after 15 years, by the landowner giving six months’ formal notice. Then the company could seek compulsory powers. 10.5 If the company can’t get the land
