At BTS we have been lucky enough to be involved with the Former Royal Ordnance Depot at Weedon Bec, Northampton, advising the client on the availability of grant funding for the preservation and repurposing of this remarkable 153 acre heritage site. Built over a period spanning from 1804 to 1816, it was once a unique, […]
New Lease of Life for Land at Mill Lane, Oldbury
BTS played a pivotal role in securing £1.4 million in grant funding that will deliver much needed new housing on the former Langley Forgings site at Mill Lane, Oldbury. Mill Lane was a 5.6 acre brownfield site in the Black Country, with a long-standing industrial heritage. The funding will be used to address historic site […]
How Can I Obtain Heritage Lottery Funding?
This is a two-stage process involving a detailed application along with supporting planning, funding and the necessary structural, environmental and appraisal reports. Please refer to www.restorationlady.com for further information.
What is the difference between a wayleave and an easement?
What is a Wayleave? An electricity wayleave is the legal right commonly agreed over land ownership for overhead electricity lines and cable apparatus. Over 95% of all overhead lines across the UK are held on wayleaves which can be terminated. We are fully conversant with these rights and can therefore negotiate compensation for the retention […]
Utility: Constraint or Opportunity?
Electricity lines and cables, water, oil and gas pipelines, and telecommunication apparatus affecting land are usually regarded as constraints but the agreements relating to them could lead to an opportunity. Constraint or Opportunity? If you are a landowner, a commercial or residential developer or a residential property owner and your land / property is affected […]
Turris vs CEGB Summary and Injurious Affection
Turris Investments Ltd vs Central Electricity Generating Board [1981] 1 EGLR 186 In this landmark case Turris owned a 10.8 acre site, purchased for the sum of £70,000 in July 1977, at Worsley, near Manchester. The land was affected by pylons and a 400kV line, held on a terminable wayleave. The site came with an […]
The Arnold White Case vs National Grid
AWE owned a 19.5 acre site to the south of Leighton Buzzard (“Area 15C”). A 400kV overhead electricity line (OHEL) extended from east to west across the centre of Area 15C. The line was subject to a terminable wayleave. In 2004 Area 15C was included in the Bedfordshire Local Plan Review as a potential site […]
