Hi Tony,

I have been through exactly the process you are looking at and most of the progress we made is documented online here:

http://www.coton-park-broadband.co.uk/home/latest-ne...

Once you have everyone you can registering interest, the key thing is to get your MP on board. This got us from having to pay for the cab, to getting it approved in just over two months and installed 6 months later (including an unrelated 3 month planning delay)

We have gone from 2Mb to an 80/20 service in under a year and used all the capacity on the fibre cab, which is now awaiting a "Cab refresh" for more properties to come online.

Hope this helps,

TechGuyUK