Ask a solicitor: A solar company wants to lay a cable under my land

While an Option might sound like a pretty harmless document to sign, it will have long-lasting consequences for your land and the future, advises rural solicitor Karen Walsh.

While an Option might sound like a pretty harmless document to sign, it will have long-lasting consequences for your land and the future, advises rural solicitor Karen Walsh.

Dear Karen,

I have been asked to sign an Option Document so that a solar developer can lay a cable underneath my lands in respect of a solar farm.