"Mike Barnes" wrote in message
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Possibly DIY, possibly not. :-)

There's a BT telegraph pole adjacent to my house. It is supported by a
stay which is anchored on my land. The anchor is in the middle of an area
that I want to use for wheelie bins.

Photo: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zzywbriq8zfsx6p/BT%20pole.jpg
Close-up: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bjsnv6iouq...T%20anchor.jpg

I'd like the anchor moved back away from the road, as close as possible to
the wall, to make way for the wheelie bin park. The ground level would be
dropped a few inches as well.

The pole was replaced about 15 years ago. BT didn't ask us whether they
could put that stay there, they just went and did it. They could be
forgiven for assuming that that land was part of the public highway, but
it isn't. They aren't making any wayleave payments. We didn't take much
notice in the past because this was just a piece of waste land as far we
were concerned, but now we've got a sizeable collection of wheelie bins
it's suddenly become useful.

So, does anyone know what's underneath there? Is there any experience or
knowledge in the group concerning the procedure for getting such an anchor
moved?

I would say both the pole and stay are in the verge.
The position of your own gate/wall probably indicates the boundary of your
property.
The bit btween your gate and the road is the verge and not yours.
The council will have definative drawings if the highway has been widened in
the last hundred years or so.
Or
See if you can establish the width of the verge elsewhere where it is better
defined (eg where there is another wall next to the verge.) You will likely
find it is the same as your bit of wall.
A metre wide /yard is common in rural areas.
5m in reecent constructions.