Land compensation manual - Section 10 - Appendix 10/5 : Electricity Wayleave Payments from 1 April 1999

Appendix 10/5 : Electricity Wayleave Payments from 1 April 1999

		OWNER	OCCUPIER			OWNER/OCCUPIER
			arable	grassland	hedgerow	arable	grassland	hedgerow
pole		£4.30	£11.37	£1.77	£0.70	£15.67	£6.07	£5.00
H pole		£5.50	£13.45	£2.98	£1.57	£18.95	£8.48	£7.07
stay		£1.10	£9.80	£2.09	£1.75	£10.90	£3.19	£2.85
additional stay		£1.10	£4.84	£1.04	£0.86	£5.94	£2.14	£1.96
tower size
tower 1	2.6 m. sq.	£13.75	£24.40	£5.39	*	£38.15	£19.14	*
tower 2	3.8 m. sq.	£15.90	£27.56	£7.55	*	£43.46	£23.45	*
tower 3	4.6 m. sq.	£18.55	£29.67	£9.00	*	£48.22	£27.55	*
tower 4	5.3 m. sq.	£24.85	£31.51	£10.26	*	£56.36	£35.11	*
tower 5	6.9 m. sq.	£27.05	£36.26	£13.15	*	£63.31	£40.20	*
tower 6	7.6 m. sq.	£29.25	£48.23	£14.42	*	£77.48	£43.67	*
tower 7	9.1 m. sq.	£35.95	£48.23	£17.13	*	£84.18	£53.08	*
tower 8	10.7 m. sq.	£43.70	£60.18	£20.01	*	£103.88	£63.71	*
tower 9	12.2 m. sq.	£54.90	£60.18	£22.72	*	£115.08	£77.62	*
tower 10	13.7 m. sq.	£62.05	£73.72	£25.43	*	£135.77	£87.48	*
tower 11	15.2 m. sq.	£74.15	£73.72	£28.14	*	£147.87	£102.29	*
tower 12	16.8 m. sq.	£80.50	£87.77	£31.03	*	£168.27	£111.53	*
tower 13	18.3 m. sq.	£91.80	£87.77	£31.03	*	£179.57	£122.83	*
lines only - poles		£0.85	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.85	£0.85	£0.85
lines only - towers		£1.20	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1.20	£1.20	£1.20
PB single - unstayed		£4.30	£11.37	£1.77	£0.70	£15.67	£6.07	£5.00
PB double - unstayed		£20.65	£21.54	£3.77	£3.14	£42.19	£24.42	£23.79
PB - multi stayed		£34.85	£83.58	£38.43	*	£118.43	£73.28	*
underground cable		£1.15	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1.15	£1.15	£1.15

*Compensation for towers in hedgerows will be compensated at the appropriate rate for the adjacent field.

A revised rate for underground cables has not yet been agreed and payment should continue on the 1997 basis for the time being.

Electricity Wayleave Payments from 1 April 2000

		OWNER	OCCUPIER			OWNER/OCCUPIER
			arable	grassland	hedgerow	arable	grassland	hedgerow
pole		£5.00	£11.37	£1.77	£0.70	£16.37	£6.77	£5.70
H pole		£6.00	£13.45	£2.98	£1.57	£19.45	£8.98	£7.57
stay		£1.15	£9.80	£2.09	£1.75	£10.95	£3.24	£2.90
additional stay		£1.15	£4.84	£1.04	£0.86	£5.99	£2.19	£2.01
tower size
tower 1	2.6 m. sq.	£15.10	£24.40	£5.39	*	£39.50	£20.49	*
tower 2	3.8 m. sq.	£17.45	£27.56	£7.55	*	£45.01	£25.00	*
tower 3	4.6 m. sq.	£20.40	£29.67	£9.00	*	£50.07	£29.40	*
tower 4	5.3 m. sq.	£27.30	£31.51	£10.26	*	£58.81	£37.56	*
tower 5	6.9 m. sq.	£29.75	£36.26	£13.15	*	£66.01	£42.90	*
tower 6	7.6 m. sq.	£32.15	£48.23	£14.42	*	£80.38	£46.57	*
tower 7	9.1 m. sq.	£39.55	£48.23	£17.13	*	£87.78	£56.68	*
tower 8	10.7 m. sq.	£48.05	£60.18	£20.01	*	£108.23	£68.06	*
tower 9	12.2 m. sq.	£60.40	£60.18	£22.72	*	£120.58	£83.12	*
tower 10	13.7 m. sq.	£68.25	£73.72	£25.43	*	£141.97	£93.68	*
tower 11	15.2 m. sq.	£81.55	£73.72	£28.14	*	£155.27	£109.69	*
tower 12	16.8 m. sq.	£88.55	£87.77	£31.03	*	£176.32	£119.58	*
tower 13	18.3 m. sq.	£101.00	£87.77	£31.03	*	£188.77	£132.03	*
lines only - poles		£0.95	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.95	£0.95	£0.95
lines only - towers		£1.35	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1.35	£1.35	£1.35
PB single - unstayed		£5.00	£11.37	£1.77	£0.70	£16.37	£6.77	£5.70
PB double - unstayed		£22.70	£21.54	£3.77	£3.14	£44.24	£26.47	£25.84
PB - multi stayed		£38.35	£83.58	£38.43	*	£121.93	£76.78	*
underground cable		£1.15	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1.15	£1.15	£1.15

*Compensation for towers in hedgerows will be compensated at the appropriate rate for the adjacent field.

A revised rate for undergound cables has not yet been agreed and payment should continue on the 1997 basis for the time being.

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICITY WAYLEAVE PAYMENTS

Electricity wayleave payments represent compensation for annual losses for interference on agricultural land caused by the presence of electricity lines in England and Wales. Commercial horticultural land has not been included in the assessment of compensation. The payments are reviewed by the Electricity Industry with the National Farmers Union, Country Landowners Association and Farmers Union of Wales. The following guidelines will be used by Electricity Companies when applying wayleave payments.

1) Where a support obstructs agricultural operations the appropriate compensation rate will be applied.

2) Arable includes grass leys of up to and including 5 years duration and intensively managed grassland.

3) Permanent pasture is grassland on which agricultural operations take place but it excludes rough grazing and moorland.

4) The rate for an H pole assumes a gap between the two limbs at the pole centres up to and including 3 metres.

5) The higher payment for a stay will apply to a single stay and where the annexed pole is outside the cultivated area or where a stay is installed at more than 45° to an adjacent stay. Payments for additional stays will be applied where the adjacent stay is within 45° of the initial stay. Where an isolated stay cases a significant problem owing to its position in relation to the field boundary, then Electricity Companies will consider individual claims on their own merits.

6) Measurements of towers will be taken from the exterior angle of concrete bases at ground level. If part of a tower extends into a field then a pro-rata payment will be applied. For each tower category the following land area has been used to calculated compensation:-

	Tower Size		Tower Size
Tower 1	2.6 metres square	Tower 8	10.7 metres square
Tower 2	3.8 metres square	Tower 9	12.2 metres square
Tower 3	4.6 metres square	Tower 10	13.7 metres square
Tower 4	5.3 metres square	Tower 11	15.2 metres square
Tower 5	6.9 metres square	Tower 12	16.8 metres square
Tower 6	7.6 metres square	Tower 13	18.3 metres square
Tower 7	9.1 metres square

7) The lines only payment is to apply to any length of line where no supports are located upon the grantors land.

8) Rates for PB (Painter Brothers design) single-unstayed are the same as poles. A PB double-unstayed assumes a double limb structure with a gap between the two limbs up to and including 6 metres and a PB multi-stayed assumes up to and including 12 stays based on a ground area of 23 metres square.

9) Payment for underground cables will be applied for each separate cable installed per 50 metre route length or part thereof. Associated pilot, control or earth cables are included in this rate. Allowance has been made for the average area where caution should be exercised in carrying out agricultural operations.

10) Where supports of two separate electricity lines are within 30 metres of each other in the same enclosure the occupier compensation payment for those supports will be increased by 50%. This only applies to support for which annual wayleave payments are made.

11) Enhanced payments for commercial orchards and hop gardens where supports interfere with the movement of machinery are to be paid as follows:-

	Hop Gardens	-	150% arable rate
	Commercial Apple and Pear	-	150% arable rate
	Commercial Cherry, Cider and Plum	-	150% permanent pasture rate.

12) Farming systems which include crops involving exceptionally intense and multiple cultivations, field irrigation or other special factors may be considered for enhancement of standard rates on merit. Any such claims should be sent to the relevant electricity company.