Electronic communications apparatus and property: Surveyors beware

Michael Watson
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Michael Watson: Knights, UK

Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation, 2020, vol. 9, issue 2, 174-180

Abstract: The introduction of the Digital Economy Act 2017 followed by the New Electronic Communications Code are legislation changes that property owners, investors and developers should be aware of. In particular, the ability of electronic communications network operators to take property owners to court to seek to impose rights over their property assets and the restrictions on removing phone masts without a court order are having a fundamental impact on how the property sector perceives mobile phone masts and other electronic communications infrastructure. This paper reviews some of the issues that are causing difficulty between the property sector and network operators, particularly issues that professionals advising property owners should be alive to and upon which early specialist advice may be prudent before engaging with network operators.

Keywords: phone masts; electronic communications; redevelopment; commercial property; mast removal; electronic communications code; solicitors; surveyors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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