Farmer mobile phone rent income reduced from £5,500 to £3.50

[saaby93]

Farmer complains because annual rent received for mobile phone mast in corner of field reduced from £5,500 to £3.50.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57561119
Disgruntled - how much is it worth?

[ABZ RS6]

Is that an “accident” I see in the near future?

[Slaav]

That seems quite a draconian drop in rent/fee.

Presumably he has the option of saying 'no'? And turfing them off? (May wander off and read the article....)

[vikingaero]

Presumably the telco pay for the electricity for the mast? Tap it and grow some weed.

[Jinx]

ABZ RS6 said:

Is that an “accident” I see in the near future?

If only he had access to some kind of large heavy machinery

[simonrockman]

The farm I visited a couple of weeks ago is so grateful to us for giving him mobile coverage he's letting us put the mast on his barn for free and will supply the power to it.

[Lotobear]

Slaav said:

That seems quite a draconian drop in rent/fee.

Presumably he has the option of saying 'no'? And turfing them off? (May wander off and read the article....)

Seems very odd indeed that a chartered surveyor, no less, did not have the deal buttoned up for the next 10 years on a stepped rent or upward only deal.

[Muncher]

This is happening everywhere under the Electronic Communications Code. The telecoms companies can do what they like effectively.

[darreni]

ABZ RS6 said:

Is that an “accident” I see in the near future?

The look on his face does seem to suggest the mast wont be an issue for long.

[citizensm1th]

It would be a shame if the door of the power cabinet failed while Mr farmer was slurry spreading

[saaby93]

How much crop money does soil raise per square metre? Somewhere between £3.50 and £5,500 for that piece?

[Earthdweller]

Mast, What mast

[anonymous-user]

Massive backwards step for improving 4G/5G coverage. Farmers and landowners will simply refuse to have masts on their land now.

[Darth Paul]

saaby93 said:

How much crop money does soil raise per square metre? Somewhere between £3.50 and £5,500 for that piece?

This is the thing I’d say. Both figures are way off but if we’re honest, he’s had a good deal for a few years. Set a side is running at what, £100 an acre nowadays? Obviously he’s got the blight of it on his land, land he now can’t do anything with, and he’s got to give access to engineers to service the thing. I’m sure both parties to reach a better figure that what they’ve currently come to.

[SpeckledJim]

£5,500 p/a for about 16m2 of otherwise 'empty' countryside was ridiculous.

£3.50 is ridiculous too.

£250 seems about right to me.

[citizensm1th]

SpeckledJim said:

£5,500 p/a for about 16m2 of otherwise 'empty' countryside was ridiculous.

£3.50 is ridiculous too.

£250 seems about right to me.

You have to make the farmer want to say yes

[poo at Paul's]

SpeckledJim said:

£5,500 p/a for about 16m2 of otherwise 'empty' countryside was ridiculous.

It's been a tough year for him, worst since "Daisy" got Anthrax and he bought himself his helicopter!

[SpeckledJim]

citizensm1th said:

SpeckledJim said:

£5,500 p/a for about 16m2 of otherwise 'empty' countryside was ridiculous.

£3.50 is ridiculous too.

£250 seems about right to me.

You have to make the farmer want to say yes

Just stick them by the roadside on council land if the farmer doesn't want the money. That patch of ordinary field was more valuable than Kensington.

That £5,500 comes from our mobile bills remember. The farmer couldn't make that growing saffron, never mind potatoes.

[bristolracer]

SpeckledJim said:

That £5,500 comes from our mobile bills remember. The farmer couldn't make that growing saffron, never mind potatoes.

So we all be getting cheaper bills then ?
Great

[citizensm1th]

SpeckledJim said:

citizensm1th said:

SpeckledJim said:

£5,500 p/a for about 16m2 of otherwise 'empty' countryside was ridiculous.

£3.50 is ridiculous too.

£250 seems about right to me.

You have to make the farmer want to say yes

Just stick them by the roadside on council land if the farmer doesn't want the money. That patch of ordinary field was more valuable than Kensington.

That £5,500 comes from our mobile bills remember. The farmer couldn't make that growing saffron, never mind potatoes.

Oh dear, how much do you think the operators make from a mast, I'd wager its a lot more than five grand.