Estate management for the UK’s largest mobile
infrastructure company

Cornerstone is a leading UK mobile infrastructure services company, which was set up as a joint venture by Vodafone and Telefonica in 2012 to manage their shared operational network.

Cluttons has a longstanding relationship with Cornerstone, having delivered Estates Management Services directly since 2012. Cornerstone operates circa 15,700 telecommunications sites nationwide.

How we helped

Cluttons provides the full outsourced range of estate management services. Specifically for land consenting rights we manage 14,000 access cases per year. The key requirement for the client is to access land via 1st party or 3rd party relationships and we manage the outreach and subsequent negotiations to facilitate access.

The outcome

The team managed access to over 14,000 points of presence on both 1st part and 3rd party land in a calendar year. The clear purpose is for swift access for our client to conduct works to mitigate network service impacting
factors and ensure the public retains access to the quality of network coverage expected from the leading mobile operators.

Services provided:

• Compulsory Purchase Strategy
• Land acquisition – electronic communication code
• Compulsory Purchase Claims (UK wide – in particular HS2)
• Expert Witness
• Embedded staff
• Access to land
• Data management
• Land management
• Project management
• Acquisition and disposal
• Lease advisory
• Business rates
• Grantor liaison