Public body · EIR
18 posts · 2026
Public authority under FOIA and the EIR. Court: Administrative Court (judicial review). Correspondence: 18 emails (9 sent, 9 received).
📍 Checked in at: Heneb: complaint stage 1
Next step (forecast): reg 11 representations, 26 Oct 2026
Every option used up (forecast): 29 February 2028
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I ask you to confirm the date and store location of the physical search of the HER source file, clarify whether ironwork finds from 1880, 1979 and 1994 are distinguished in records, and request the file not be weeded while enquiries continue.
“Please keep the physical source file as it is, and do not weed it, while my enquiries remain open.”
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I follow up on your 16 October reply, asking whether searches extended beyond the HER to former GGAT curatorial, project archive and correspondence files, and querying archive-location fields for 1978-1994 event records.
“please confirm whether the search extended beyond the HER to”
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We answered your 48-item schedule on Great House Farm, confirming most items are either published on Archwilio or not held by the HER, and refusing to release change-log data as personal information under UK GDPR.
“We are unable to release a copy of this information because it contains personal data that is protected under UK GDPR legislation.”
We confirm the HER source file has been digitised onto Archwilio under record 02038s, including Suggett 1988, and a physical search found no further material held; we will answer the 19 September points by 21 October.
“Having undertaken a physical search of our records, I can confirm that no further information is held within the HER source file.”
I'm asking for the exact storage location (series, accession, box, shelf, catalogue id) of the HER source file behind 02038s, plus full details on ironwork finds from 1880, 1979 and 1994, and a date for your separate reply to my 19 September points.
“Please give the record location before any viewing is discussed: series, accession, box, shelf, and catalogue id for the source file behind 02038s”
Seen ✓ · answered 14 Oct 2026
We confirm the requested information is freely available online via Archwilio record 02038s, and will respond separately to the further points raised on 19 September.
“it is now freely available online via the Archwilio website via record 02038s”
We acknowledge receipt of your supplementary complaint information.
I'm supplementing my complaint with a critique report on GGAT's roles at Great House Farm, and asking Heneb to assign a reference, confirm which entity holds the records, correct the HER classification, reconcile the identifiers, and search for missing files.
“Give me a complaint reference and confirm the target date for a written response.”
Seen ✓ · answered 30 Sep 2026
We acknowledge your complaint of 27 September 2026, confirm an investigating officer has been appointed, and aim to respond within five weeks.
“I aim to respond to you within five weeks.”
We're out of office; our next working day is Wednesday, 30 September 2026.
“My next working day is Wednesday, 30th September.”
I'm lodging a formal complaint against Heneb and GGAT over three unreconciled HER references (GGAT02038s, GGAT03586s, GGATE003872) for Great House Farm, Llandough, and asking for a separate complaint reference, not linked to my open 8 September records request.
“Please treat this complaint as a separate file and give it a complaint reference.”
Seen ✓ · answered 27 Sep 2026
I asked Heneb for records on the March 1983 Swansea warehouse fire and the destruction of Llandough archaeological finds, plus subsequent custody and transfer records, copying Cadw and the Royal Commission.
“the reported destruction of archaeological finds, excavation records and photographic material from Llandough”
Seen ✓ · answered 27 Sep 2026
Heneb's automatic reply stated its next working day would be Wednesday, 23 September.
“My next working day is Wednesday, 23rd September.”
I sent Heneb a formal schedule of records sought for Great House Farm, clarified the request rests on EIR regulation 2(2) and the statutory HER duty under the 2023 Act, and offered to narrow scope or accept an index first.
“I therefore ask in the alternative that this be treated as a request for access under that regime and under Heneb's own policy”
Seen ✓ · answered 19 Sep 2026
I requested Heneb's full HER source file for Great House Farm, including entries on medieval ironwork found c.1880, the RCAHMW/Suggett 1988 material, any museum accession details, and distinctions between several iron finds.
Seen ✓ · answered 19 Sep 2026
Heneb's automatic reply stated its next working day would be Wednesday, 10 June 2026.
“My next working day is Wednesday, 10th June 2026.”
I sent a brief acknowledgement thanking Heneb for its reply.
Seen ✓ · answered 29 May 2026
Heneb told the family it is not subject to FOI requests as a limited company, but invited them to fill out its Enquiry Form for assistance.
“Heneb is not subject to FOI requests as we are a Limited company”
