'My neighbour stopped installation of my fibre broadband..."

Came across https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/property-doctor... earlier. It may give some help in similar circumstances. It also refers to "The Telecommunications Code gives “operators” (such as Openreach) wide powers over private land."

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Cant read it behind the telegraph paywall

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-interne...

The official rather than a publications interpretation

The powers relate mainly to public land on private land it says

"in the event that agreement cannot be reached with the owner or occupier of private land, the Code allows an operator to apply to the Court to impose an agreement which confers the Code right being sought or for the Code right to bind the landowner or occupier; and"

Agreement can involve money being paid sometimes. The court process was long and complex but there are changes underway (don't think they are complete yet) that are meant to simplify this.

Sorry witchunt, I had forgotten that my link could be behind a paywall.

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Thanks Andrew for the OFCOM link. From experiences of a friend of mine trying to have an existing electricity cable replaced under a 'ransom strip' of about 1 metre wide to get to his house, there certainly needs some changes to legislation.

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HEre's the original archived story.

https://web.archive.org/web/20201026235012/https://w...

Disagree with the simple answer from the 'head of property litigation'

Code powers do not give Openreach carte blanche, there will have been a way leave in place for the previous poles, and going underground ducted or direct buried is not likely to be covered by that way leave agreement.

What will usually happen is an enquiry to change and if all parties happy then wayleave updated. Falls apart when private land owner asks for compensation and both parties disagree on the amount, at which point the eventual resolution is via a court (this is a lengthy process and is being simplified to reduce costs i.e. lawyers fees)

Getting compensation is normal. Mobile masts on a roof used to be a good income stream for building owners, but believe an agreement has been reached to cut this back to a flat rate of £5,000 recently.