Access and Rights over land L2 Flashcards
(18 cards)
What are wayleaves - 2
Non-permanent rights
Usually include annual payments
What are easements - 2
Permanent rights
Capital one-off payment
What is the difference between a wayleave and an easement
Wayleaves are non permanent whereas easements are permanent
When would a wayleave be used
Telecommunication infrastructure
When would an easement be used
Water and gas suppliers
How can a landowner protect their land from rights of way being added
Depositing a Section 31 (6) application
What is disurbance
A loss sustained by the occupier as a result of the scheme
Give 3 examples of disturbance
Loss of crop
Loss of subsidy
Reinstating hedges/drains
What is severance
Land being split into parcels of two because of the scheme and impacts of this
What is injurious affection
Decreases the value of the retained land or property due to the scheme
Give an example of severance - 2
More travel time to access fields
Less economic working as smaller fields
Give an example of injurious affection - 2
Escaping stock
Visibility of scheme on farmhouse
What act gives water companies statutory powers
Water Industry Act 1991
What act gives electricity companies statutory powers
Electricity Act 1989
What Act encompasses PRoW
Countryside and Right of Way Act 2000
What act protects endangered species
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
What act protects hedgerows
Hedgerow Regulations 1997
Talk me through your advice for burying the electric cables
My client wanted to bury some overhead power cables as they were in the middle of a busy working farmyard. Going around the cable would increase time delays during busy periods as it meant going down a narrower route. I obtained a quote to bury them, multiple machines would be able to cross at the same time
