Here's the relevant paragraph of the telecommunications act
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10. (1) Subject to paragraph 3 above and the following provisions of this code, where any electronic communications apparatus is kept installed on or over any land for the purposes of the operator’s network, the operator shall, for the statutory purposes, have the right to install and keep installed lines which—
(a) pass over other land adjacent to or in the vicinity of the land on or over which that apparatus is so kept;
(b) are connected to that apparatus; and
(c) are not at any point in the course of passing over the other land less than 3 metres above the ground or within 2 metres of any building over which they pass.
(2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above shall authorise the installation or keeping on or over any land of—
(a) any electronic communications apparatus used to support, carry or suspend a line installed in pursuance of that sub-paragraph; or
(b) any line which by reason of its position interferes with the carrying on of any business carried on on that land.
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Which basically means that they have the right to go over the top of your land as long as they keep to a minimum of 3 meters and if it passes over a building it must clear the building by 2 meters.. There's nothing regarding 1 meter from a property which I believe is local planning laws concerning line of light so that buildings can't blot light out of a window and will not cover telephone wires which instead is covered by this quoted act..
So in short there's nothing you can do about it... Even if you wanted to pay for the lines to be removed the neighbour is the one in control of whether they do that or not... When you bought the property you bought the land with
limited rights to the airspace above the land...