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There is a form you need to fill out, linked from https://www.openreach.com/help-and-support/obtaining-wayleaves
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Yeah checked out the wording in the electronic communications code, and it aligns with what's on that form. Wayleave relates to poles, boxes, that kind of thing. They don't need any permission to run a wire over your garden as long as it's 2m+ from a building.
I'll just forget about any extra pocket money, or having a fire in my garden. The neighbors will be happy.
Polygon
Cheers, I'll send an email to openreach to see if they'll send me any details. It wasn't mentioned in the conveyancing and I didn't think to ask until now. I'm still hazy on who's liable if they're damaged over my property. Obviously I'm not going to try and burn down my neighbor's phone line but a tree that sits on another neighbor's land and half overhangs our garden was leaning very heavily on another line last year, tree has been pruned back now.
Edit seems like they wouldn't need permission after all.