I own a property that has a shared driveway. Plans show it as two, single driveways side-by-side, but in practice it is one extra-wide driveway that splits at the end where it diverges into the separate properties.
Last year I got a consent form as one of the neighbours who shares the driveway had requested fibre. In (I presume) an attempt to future-proof, Chorus had decided to run it up 'my' side of the driveway (to reach the front neighbour) then cross under my driveway where it diverges, then go to the two houses on the other side.
This didn't suit me at all, as I am relocating another dwelling onto the property this year and the driveway will need to be at least partially ripped up for new services to go in for the new house. The proposed fibre cable would have been right in the way. So I sent it back, saying that they did not have my permission to install it as proposed and that they would need to run it in a different place.
Does this new legislation mean that they can put it where they wanted to, anyway? I know that my reason falls under the grounds you have mentioned, but I wouldn't want my project delayed while I waited for them to move it, if they just went ahead and did it.
Last year I got a consent form as one of the neighbours who shares the driveway had requested fibre. In (I presume) an attempt to future-proof, Chorus had decided to run it up 'my' side of the driveway (to reach the front neighbour) then cross under my driveway where it diverges, then go to the two houses on the other side.
This didn't suit me at all, as I am relocating another dwelling onto the property this year and the driveway will need to be at least partially ripped up for new services to go in for the new house. The proposed fibre cable would have been right in the way. So I sent it back, saying that they did not have my permission to install it as proposed and that they would need to run it in a different place.
Does this new legislation mean that they can put it where they wanted to, anyway? I know that my reason falls under the grounds you have mentioned, but I wouldn't want my project delayed while I waited for them to move it, if they just went ahead and did it.
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