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Country Land and Business Association and National Farmers Union wayleave

Country Land and Business Association and National Farmers Union wayleave is widely used in enabling access to farm land for broadband installation.

From:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Building Digital UK, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Published
3 February 2023
Last updated
23 January 2024 — See all updates

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A Rural Fixed Line Network Access Framework

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The Country Land and Business Association and National Farmers Union wayleave is used by some landowners and broadband suppliers in agreeing terms and fees for access to farmland to facilitate the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband to rural communities.  The wayleave is shown as an example of a draft standardised document, and DSIT / BDUK does not promote or endorse any of the terms or fees mentioned in this or other standardised wayleaves used by the property and telecoms industries.

Published 3 February 2023
Last updated 23 January 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated references to cross compliance to reflect the end of cross compliance in England. Cross compliance no longer applies in England from 1 January 2024.

  2. Details section update to reinforce that this is an example.

  3. First published.