182.—(1) A local authority may, with the consent of the owner and occupier of any land not forming part of a public road, place, construct or lay, as may be appropriate, cables, wires or pipelines (including water pipes, sewers or drains) and any ancillary apparatus on, under or over the land, and may, from time to time, inspect, repair, alter, renew or remove any such cables, wires or pipelines.

F1026[(1A) A local authority shall not be eligible to apply for approval referred to in subsection (1) for development on a maritime site, and no such approval shall be given to a local authority, unless the local authority—

(a) is the holder of a maritime area consent granted for the occupation of the maritime site for the purposes of the proposed development,

(b) is the owner of land on which it is proposed to carry out the development concerned, or

(c) makes the application with the consent, or on behalf, of the owner of land on which it is proposed to carry out the development concerned.]

(2) A local authority may, with the consent of the owner and of the occupier of any structure, attach to the structure any bracket or other fixture required for the carrying or support of any cable, wire or pipeline placed, erected or constructed under this section.

(3) A local authority may erect and maintain notices indicating the position of cables, wires or pipelines placed, erected or constructed under this section and may, with the consent of the owner and of the occupier of any structure, affix such a notice to the structure.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) shall have effect subject to the proviso that—

(a) a consent for the purposes of any of them shall not be unreasonably withheld,

(b) if the local authority considers that such a consent has been unreasonably withheld, it may appeal to the Board, and

(c) if the Board determines that such a consent was unreasonably withheld, it shall be treated as having been given.

(5) The local authority may permit the use of any cables, wires or pipelines placed, erected or constructed under this section and of any apparatus incidental to the cables, wires or pipelines subject to such conditions and charges as it considers appropriate.