On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:16:06 +0000, Michael Kilpatrick wrote:

Hmm. The stay (in our garden) for the pole (on next door's land) is for
an overhead power supply[*] to next door and as such is not part of any
service to our house - so under what conditions exactly does a wayleave
entitle a fee, does anyone know?

If there's some infrastructure on your land that doesn't _only_ supply
you, they need a wayleave for it.

If it's only for your supply, then they don't.