Obtaining wayleaves

You'll find their details on the documents we've already sent you.  Please include the wayleave reference if you have one. It will start with either SA or NA, and NI if you're located in Northern Ireland.

Fill in this form.  Please note that you'll only be entitled to payments if the Openreach equipment on your property provides service to someone other than you.  For example, your neighbour(s).

Please contact Openreach Service Desk Control (you'll find the details in your customer service plan (CSP)).

The CP guidance document provides information on the process to follow. You can download it from the Wayleaves section on the CP Portal.

Please complete the OFCOM statutory code notice (Paragraph 39(1)) in full.  You can download the form from the Ofcom Templates notices page and then email us with the information.

Please complete this statutory OFCOM code notice (Paragraph 39(2)) in full.  You can download the form from the Ofcom Templates notices page and then email us to submit your request.  We'll then contact you with the information.

We need your help to liaise with the landlord of your property.

To get the ball rolling you can use this form to provide their contact information.

No, fibre can be installed regardless of how many residents are currently interested.

Once your landlord, or managing agent, has given the green light for us to install Full Fibre these are the steps we'll follow:

Once fibre's been installed in the premises you'll be able to choose a broadband package from a wide range of service providers. You can find out more about providers offering Full Fibre on our FTTP providers page.

No, there's no requirement to use the fibre once it's been installed and you won't lose any existing services from other providers.

No, you can choose from any of the service providers offering Full Fibre over our network in your area. You can find out more about providers offering Full Fibre on our FTTP Providers page.

Once you've chosen a service provider, they'll need access to your apartment to install your broadband service. Each resident will need to arrange for their chosen service provider to install service in their apartment.

Please see our Privacy Policy for how we process and use your personal data.

Full Fibre broadband could help you get and keep more tenants, giving you a better return on your investment. If your property is in an area where we're rolling out our Full Fibre network we can include your building in our roll-out free of charge.

Future-proof Full Fibre allows your tenants to get download speeds of up to 1,600 Mbps. And they won't be locked into a single supplier - our network is open so they can choose from any of the service providers who use our network and once they're on Full Fibre they'll be able to upgrade without needing an engineer visit too.

We'll install fibre for free but there will be charges from your chosen service provider for the broadband package and set up fee. For information on service providers selling Full Fibre broadband visit our FTTP providers page.

We'll need access to the common areas of the building to install Full Fibre, both internally and externally.

This could be an Openreach engineer or an Openreach partner, working on our behalf.

The survey will determine the work needed and where we need to dig, however we'll try to use existing infrastructure to avoid excavating. We'll let you know all of the plans before we start work to make sure that you're totally happy with everything and the work we need to carry out.

After you've registered your interest we'll be in touch with the next steps. Once the survey has been conducted and we've checked all the paperwork we'll plan the installation. We'll keep you updated at every stage of the process so you know what's happening.

A wayleave is permission from the landlord, or land owner, to access their building or private land to install or repair network and equipment. If we need permission to install  new apparatus on private land. Our wayleave application will include the route plan, wayleave agreement and an explanation of why we need permission.  Once this has been signed and returned to the wayleaves team, this gives us permission to install network and equipment on the landowner's land.

This may be an Openreach specialist or one of Openreach's partners, working on our behalf.

The asbestos risk register is a legally required document that shows that a building is safe and doesn't contain any known asbestos. 

Before we arrange a survey or start installing fibre there's a legal requirement for us to confirm that there's no known asbestos in the property and that it's safe for our engineers and partners to work in.

For properties build before 2000 -  we'll need a copy of the Asbestos register for the building from the Freeholder (Landlord). This can be either a digital or a scanned copy of the register which has been counter-signed, dated and shows the printed name of the Freeholder/Managing Agent or Legal Representative.  The completed document can be sent to mdu.community.led@openreach.co.uk.

For properties built after 2000 - we'll need written confirmation that no known asbestos exists within the building from the Freeholder (Landlord).  A letter stating this will be sent to the landlord to complete, sign and return.

You can find further details on the types of asbestos surveys at https://www.haspod.com/blog/asbestos/asbestos-survey-types.

We can't arrange a survey or start work until we know the building is safe and will place the survey and order on hold until we have a copy of the asbestos register or confirmation statement.

 A survey is required to determine how we're going to supply the fibre connection to the building. We'll need access to the common areas of the building, internally and  externally, to do this. We'll need a signed wayleave before we can go ahead with the survey.