Registering your site for broadband

The date you plan to start work at the site, and when you want broadband to be available in your first property. We don't guarantee that we'll meet this date, but it helps us to schedule our works.

The address of the site and the Ordnance Survey grid references.

The number of plots and their type (i.e. if they're houses or flats), and if this is part of a larger development or you have several phases. This is so we can make sure we get the right capacity for your site from the start.

The name of the company building the new properties, on-site contacts and who to talk to if we have a question.

When following our online registration process, we require you to submit some mandatory information and documents in the detailed site and location plans sections:

• Planning permission to be granted
• Site & location plans – in order to progress your site we will need clear plans of the development which include the below when applicable:
  • Defined site entrance
  • Context of location including adjacent buildings and/or landmarks and nearby street names, locations
  • Site boundary
  • Correctly scaled
  • Unique plot numbers
  • If registering 20+ plots – order of build will also be required

If a site is to be phased then additional information will be required. For blocks including MDUs please include the information below for a successful registration:

• Floor plans for every floor including plot numbers and building entrance
• Service lines required e.g. lift lines – How many and where?
• Schedule of accommodation

At Openreach we can accept your site plans in a couple of formats: .PDF, .doc, and .docx.

For guidance on the legacy .PDF process refer to the notes and guidance page on the Developer Portal.

What will I have to contribute?

Nothing – we’ll install Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) for free.

What you need to do now

Register your site and we’ll then draw up proposals for your site and send these to you.

If your company already has a framework agreement with us, you won’t need to sign anything else – we’ll produce proposals for you straight away. (If you’d like to find out more about framework agreements, please get in touch.)

From 26th December 2026 all new homes built in England require gigabit capable infrastructure to be installed. This is due to legislation changes to the Building Regulations 2010 issued by the UK Government.

Openreach Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) is already fully compliant with the changes to building regulations by meeting the definition of ‘Gigabit’ ready. We’ll send you the costs once you register your site.

What will I have to pay for?

Openreach will contribute to the cost of the build, with your contributions varying depending on your situation. For most developments the cost will be determined by our standard rate card found here.  Your contribution will be confirmed once you register your site.

The maximum developer contribution for mandatory FTTP is £2000 per plot. 

What if the developer contribution is more than £2000?

We’ll outline the additional costs over £2000 pet plot and provide the option to pay for these to provide an FTTP connection. We highly recommend all new developments install an FTTP connection.

For those sites where FTTP install would be too costly a Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) or copper connection can be provided.

What you need to do now

Register your site and we’ll send you agreements and costings for FTTP infrastructure.

Once you get these you’ll need to sign the agreement you want to enter in to and send it back to us. We’ll then draw up proposals for your site and send these to you.

Service on Demand (SOD) payment for sites with more than 11 plots

If you have more than 11 plots, we’ll give you a SOD payment for the physical build of on-site duct and chamber infrastructure. We only pay this when groundworks have been finished and we’ve checked they meet certain quality standards. Find out more about SOD Payments.

We install Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) broadband on commercial sites, as long as it’s available in your area. We’ll need to carry out a survey of your site before we can do this.

What will I have to contribute?

For FTTP, we’ll install infrastructure for free on sites of 20 or more units. For single commercial plots, or sites of 2-19 units we'll work with you to offer a bespoke network solution, and we'll contribute an amount per unit towards the cost of the build.

For Developer Network in Advance our commercial team will contact you once you've registered to discuss your requirements. We'll then produce a bespoke quote for your development.

If you want to have copper installed instead, you’ll have to pay for this yourself.

What you need to do now

Register your site(s) and we’ll contact you to talk through what’s available and how much it’ll cost (if anything). You’ll then need to fill in and sign an agreement so we can draw up proposals for your site.

What will I have to contribute?

There’s no cost to you. We’ll build the infrastructure to the edge of your site for free as long as you confirm you’ll have Openreach infrastructure installed on your site when ready.

What you need to do now

Register your site and submit the details of your build. We’ll then be in touch with more information.

New Site rate cards for 1 - 19 properties

New Site Refurbishment rate card including single plots

New Site Holiday Let rate card including single plots

New Site Holiday Let rate card for 2 - 20+ plots

• Residential property means homes or flats with their own, individual addresses, where each resident pays council tax. Commercial property is any property that’s used for business purposes. It will have its own address and pay business rates.
• If a property is empty or defined as ‘not habitable’ by the local council, we can’t put any broadband infrastructure in place.
• It’ll be the new home owner’s responsibility to order broadband from their chosen provider when they move in – we only put the infrastructure in place to make sure they can get this (as we don't sell phone or broadband services).
• Once we’ve got your registration form, we’ll send you a new sites agreement i.e. the contract and wayleave for your site. If you don’t sign and return this to us, we won’t be able to take your application any further (unless you already have a framework agreement in place).