Macvere Land Rights

Substation leases, wayleaves and licences, completed.

An adopted network needs a document behind every asset. The substation needs a lease or a transfer. The cable needs an easement or a wayleave. The contractor needs a licence to enter the land before any of that is signed. Each one is a separate instruction with its own parties, its own plan and its own risks.

Macvere Land Rights manages the full set of consents a connection scheme needs, for DNOs, IDNOs, ICPs and the developers who carry the land rights obligation. We prepare the plan, instruct and coordinate the solicitors, and track every requirement to completion in the Insight portal.

What we manage

Substation leases and transfers

IDNO and DNO substation leases, freehold transfers and PRI agreements, with the access, cable and ancillary rights the network operator requires. We agree the site with the design, draw the Land Registry compliant plan and keep the lease moving through the developer's and the operator's solicitors.

Incorporated rights agreements

Where the substation rights and the cable rights can sit in one combined DNO or IDNO document, we prepare the plan and manage the agreement as a single instruction. One document, one negotiation, one completion.

Wayleaves

IDNO and DNO wayleaves for cables that cross land the developer does not control, or where a permanent easement is not available. We advise when a wayleave is the right instrument and when it is a risk the scheme should not carry.

Licences to occupy and construction licences

Early access protects the programme. We secure IDNO licences to occupy and DNO construction licences so the ICP can start on site while the permanent rights complete behind them.

Deeds of variation

Designs change. Where an agreement already in place no longer matches the network, we prepare the plan and manage the variation rather than starting the transaction again.

Gas transporter easements

Cable easements are the core, but we also handle easements for gas networks, including Cadent, SGN, Northern Gas Networks and Wales and West, where a multi-utility scheme needs them completed on the same programme.

How an instruction runs

We engage ahead of design approval wherever we can. Settling the consenting position early, and engaging the landowner and their solicitor, is what protects the programme.

We confirm the host network's requirements and yours, including the TOI and LIF on electricity schemes.
We prepare the Land Registry compliant legal plan. The first plan is part of the instruction, and minor cable route amendments are absorbed.
We instruct your solicitor where required, confirm with them exactly what is needed to complete, and share that list with you.
Every party you choose sees the live position in the Insight portal. When an action sits with a landowner or an end client, the portal prompts them and follows up.
Where an energisation date is set, we give our view a month ahead of it on whether the land rights will be there in time.

Connection Ready

Fixed scope, named contact

Connection businesses need consents handled the same way every time. We work to fixed fees per instruction wherever possible, additional titles and parties are scoped separately, and every instruction has a named contact at Macvere for its life. Where a budget or a date is at risk, we say so early.

FAQs

What is the difference between a substation lease and a transfer?

A lease grants the network operator a long-term right to occupy the substation site, with the landowner keeping the freehold. A transfer passes the freehold of the site to the operator. Which one is used depends on the operator's adoption requirements and the developer's preference, and we advise on both.

Can works start before the lease completes?

Often, yes. A licence to occupy or a construction licence allows the ICP to start on site while the permanent documents are completed. We put the licence in place first so the programme is not waiting on the lease.

Do you cover DNO schemes as well as IDNO schemes?

Yes. We prepare plans and manage consents to DNO requirements as well as IDNO requirements, and we handle the DNO's own substation and wayleave documents where a scheme connects direct to the host network.

What happens if the design changes after the plan is issued?

Minor cable route changes are absorbed within the instruction. A material redesign, such as a substation move, is handled through a defined amendment scope so the transaction keeps moving.

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Talk to Land Rights

Tell us about the connection scheme, the substation or the easement. We will tell you quickly what it will take.

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