11 replies from public bodies past their due date; 9 late or with questions left open.
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This period:
Deadline ledger: 57 requests to 21 bodies set against FOIA s.10, EIR reg 5(2) and 11(4), UK GDPR Art 12(3), the s.45 Code of Practice, or the body's own published standard
Dartboard: 20 markers placed at each missed due date, tap-to-expand detail
Email archive: 39 case emails ingested into the archive and email calendar
Due in the next 7 days:
Mon 26 Oct · Vale of Glamorgan Council · EIR: removal of a commemorative tree
Mon 26 Oct · Vale of Glamorgan Council · EIR: s.52/land charges and planning records, Great House Farm / Church View Close
Mon 26 Oct · South Wales Police · Internal review of 719/26
Mon 26 Oct · Wales Office / NIO · Farm ownership records: internal review
Wed 28 Oct · Vale of Glamorgan Council · Formal concern, preservation and subject access
Wed 28 Oct · HM Land Registry · Subject access request: titles WA231076 and WA240304
…and 2 more in the full report
Top grounds to reopen the case:
1. The farmhouse's separate 1983 registration while the 1974 action stood unheard
2. Whether the 1974 letters were rejected in writing
3. Whether a binding sale existed when the October 1974 letters were written
We ask for an internal review of case 00211463 after no response arrived by the 19 October 2026 deadline, repeating requests for the 89/01396/OUT planning file appendices, Policy H.2 text, and a held/not held answer with search details for each item.
“Please treat this email as a request for an internal review of the failure to respond”
I accept your preservation answer under ref 2026/4461 and ask four follow-up points: whether DCVG/C/4/36/76-77 includes its appendices and its access status, what was searched, any pre-1974 planning or land charges registers, and whether ref 2026/4439's collection also covers the 1877 division or 1938 conveyance.
“whether these items are open to the public or subject to any closure or depositor restriction”
I asked for the location only of any closed or open records on Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, covering OS Glamorgan XLVII.6, including IR 58 field books and plans, with series/piece references, open or closed status, and confirmation of a physical check before any viewing or copying.
“This is a location enquiry only. No viewing or copying is requested until the above is confirmed.”
The family confirms they want records only on the c.1880 ironwork find at Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, Llandough-juxta-Penarth, listing variant names to search, and asks for a section 16 cost-limit steer if needed.
“I am seeking records relating specifically to the c.1880 discovery at Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, Llandough-juxta-Penarth”
I confirm I understand the 11 October reply was an officer assessment, not a Committee decision, and that any new scrutiny topic goes through normal work programming. I now formally propose a county-wide topic titled 'Management of, and public access to, historic planning, land-charges and heritage records', with four scope points covering record transfers since 1996, search practices, request handling, and possible improvements.
“Management of, and public access to, historic planning, land-charges and heritage records”
I lodge a section 50 complaint against the Ministry of Justice over request 260813002 on 1988-1989 court files, arguing the 9 October 2026 internal review gave no description of any search and failed to address items 7 and 8 on retention and disposal records.
“may have been destroyed or transferred to an approved place of deposit”
I chased two unanswered questions from 26 August about which coroner's jurisdiction covered Llandough Hospital in 1983 and where its registers went, and whether a 1990 referral for the other death could be found in the system already searched, asking the office to forward this to the Council's FOI team if needed or treat it as a review request.
We asked Historic England, under EIR regulation 11, to reconsider three points in its 21 October reply (ref 26/04323): whether any record of the 12 January 2018 microfiche transfer survives, who authorised it and why, and whether any copy or index was kept afterwards.
“Please confirm whether Historic England holds any record of that transfer itself”
We follow up on FOI/EIR requests 00211483 and 00211484, noting the 16 October 2026 deadline passed with no reply or extension notice, ask for confirmation and a reference for the 18 October supplement, and request record preservation; we may complain to the ICO after 4 November 2026.
“Please confirm by return whether any extension notice was issued and, if so, its date.”
I told HM Land Registry that subject access request 260928-6762800 is bound by the statutory one-month deadline of 28 October 2026, not service standards, and asked for written confirmation on logging, timing, preservation of files, and the status of enquiry 260918-6720625.
“For a subject access request the time limit is set by law, not by service standards: one month from receipt under Article 12(3) UK GDPR”
I thank you for ref 2026/4439 and ask follow-up questions on DSA/14/91's 1936 sale particulars, any head lease for the Spencer land, accession details for DBDT/123, and whether later Leckwith Common and planning papers are held, requesting a reply by 18 November 2026.
“does the item include a plan? Does the lot that includes the land later let in 1939 state its tenure”
Following ref 2026-3769, I correct William Beverly Buckler's death date to 15 May 1992 at Llandough Hospital and ask you to confirm the Llandough register covers through 1992 and March 1983 for Mary Doreen Williams, with free look-up if possible.
“William Beverly Buckler died at Llandough Hospital on 15 May 1992”
I ask you to confirm by 4 November 2026 whether your 21 October email is the final response to complaint TO/HF/05677/26 or whether a further stage exists, to explain the policy behind restricting correspondence, and to extend preservation to listed records including the 1988 listing file and inspection photographs.
“Please confirm, by 4 November 2026, whether your email of 21 October is the Welsh Government's final response to the complaint”
I accepted the case sequence you gave (CAS-344046, CAS-347296, CAS-356384) and asked you to confirm the date the internal review outcome will be issued, whether my 7 October email was joined to that review, and whether my National Farm Survey/CWAEC query was passed to Records Enquiries under CAS-344046.
“If the review upholds the original response, the next step is a complaint to the Information Commissioner under section 50 FOIA”
I pressed South Wales Police to treat my request as an internal review of FOI 719/26 (ref 1188/26), due 26 October 2026, needing no clarification, and asked for details of searches, retention schedules, destruction records and any transfer to Glamorgan Archives, plus confirmation that records stay preserved pending this review, the subject access request and FOI 1264/26.
“please include in the review outcome: a) the systems, archives and date ranges searched, and the search terms used”
I asked South Wales Police to review FOI 1040/26's "not held" answer about two deaths, pointing to the corrected May 1992 death date, a seven-day breach of the statutory deadline, and the lack of any explanation of what was searched or where records might now sit.
“A one-line "not held" cannot be tested without one”
I clarified that my 28 September email on FOI 1189/26 was a preservation notice, not an information request, and asked South Wales Police to confirm in writing that records on Great House Farm and the two deaths are held under a hold until all open reviews and requests close, by 4 November 2026.
I set out exactly what my subject access request covers: records naming me in the 1988 possession and demolition, records from handling my later requests (719/26, 1188/26, 1040/26, 1189/26, 1264/26), and the crime-recording decision, and I confirmed the reply is due by 29 October 2026.
Thank you for clarifying that Dinas Powys falls outside your constituency; following your suggestion, the request for a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman referral over title WA231076 has gone to the MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, and HM Land Registry's Independent Complaints Reviewer is now reviewing it under ref ICR/090/26, so no action is needed from your office.
“HM Land Registry's Independent Complaints Reviewer is also now considering the complaint (ref ICR/090/26)”
I set out twelve questions I intend to ask at Thursday's meeting, covering the remote-only decision, notice republication, multi-location arrangements, the status of my pending internal review and narrower records request, and future agenda access.
“so the Council can prepare, I list the questions I will ask on Thursday”
I ask you to treat this ticket, my 15 October reply and enquiry 9816877 as one enquiry, and ask you to confirm whether the catalogue shows any 1876–77 instrument for the farmhouse or a 1916 tenancy to John Williams.
I accept that archive 6364275 relates to Bonvilston, confirm an order for scans of items 6048945, 6048943 and 6048941, ask for the order form to be resent, and raise three new questions on Cadw records, 1974 survey notes and aerial sortie lists, requesting reply by 18 November 2026.
“Please treat this email as confirmation that we wish to order research-quality scans of archive numbers 6048945, 6048943 and 6048941”
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.”
I accept a Task and Finish review won't revisit one planning decision, but press for a separate county-wide scrutiny topic on how the Council keeps and discloses historic planning and heritage records, citing the still-overdue EIR 00210772 review and missing appendices C, D and E. I ask who took the 11 October decision, which channels apply, and whether a ward member or complaints route could help.
“the internal review of EIR request 00210772, requested on 7 July 2026, still has no outcome, beyond the 40 working days”
I confirm the family will sign the application themselves, correct William Buckler's death date to 15 May 1992 at Llandough Hospital, and ask whether any records survive for him or Mary Doreen Williams, with destruction details if not, and that any surviving records be preserved.
“Please make sure that any surviving records for either patient are kept while the application is made and dealt with.”
I thank the Commissioner for clarifying the limits of their remit and confirm I will submit complaints one request at a time as suggested, listing internal reviews now running for South Wales Police and Welsh Government. I ask four questions: on records management under the section 46 Code, on reporting destruction of material within scope of live requests, and on late responses.
“altered, defaced, erased, destroyed or concealed to prevent disclosure”
I follow up on FOI2026/23272, asking that any destroyed 1988 records cite the retention rule under JSP 441, that any transfer reference be given, and warn I will seek internal review if no reply arrives by 9 November 2026.
“please state the retention rule applied under JSP 441 (or its predecessor) and any disposal record”
I followed up on internal review IR/26/16, noting a Welsh Government refusal of a related request (ATISN 27589) on 19 October 2026, and asked which files the original 22 September reply meant, what systems were searched, and for preservation of any records while the review and any Information Commissioner complaint remain open.
“confirm that any records within scope are preserved while the review and any complaint to the Information Commissioner remain open”
I accept the CPS's position that evidence is for the police, but ask under FOIA whether the CPS holds or once held any file on the 1988 Great House Farm summons withdrawn in 1989, plus retention records and search details, and treat part of this as a subject access request.
“Request under section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000”
I follow up on the internal review of FOI2026/06174 (ref IR2026/06711), accepting heritage functions passed to Wales in 1984 but disputing that this explains a nil return for post-1988 records, and I ask for search details and predecessor file references by 18 November 2026.
“the reason the review gives, that the property "was demolished prior to the establishment of the Department", does not answer the request”
I acknowledge your confirmation and note the statutory deadline of 17 November 2026, ask for a reference number, request preservation of related files, and ask whether any vested property was later disclaimed, sold or dealt with, or if records were destroyed.
“please also say whether it was later disclaimed (section 656), sold or otherwise dealt with, and the date”
The family writes to confirm FOI2026/118465 covers their 20 October request on rating records for Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, stresses the 17 November deadline is a legal limit under section 10(1), asks for preservation of relevant records, and warns of an internal review and ICO complaint if no response arrives by then.
“Section 10(1) FOIA requires a response within 20 working days, by 17 November 2026. It is a legal limit, not an aim.”
I replied to HM Land Registry's 1 October 2026 email on subject access request D260928 and added a new request under the Environmental Information Regulations and FOIA for first-registration and amalgamation documents concerning WA231076 and WA240304.
“I am asking for these under the subject access request and the EIR instead of ordering official copies on form OC2”
I thank your office for forwarding HMLR's reply on 18 September, note the Independent Complaints Reviewer's 9 October refusal (ICR/090/26) and HMLR's new internal application Z084NQV, and ask you to put three factual questions to HMLR's Chief Executive about notice to occupiers before first registration, the missing 1969 conveyance, and the 1987 amalgamation of the titles while the BP Properties v Buckler appeal was pending. I also ask whether the Ministry of Justice has replied, and request referral to the Ombudsman if the Reviewer's decision proves final and HMLR's answers do not resolve matters.
“whether HMLR's records show that any notice or enquiry went to the occupiers of the farmhouse before the first registrations”
I submit a new, narrower information request about Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), seeking records on village green VG41's 1970 registration, planning applications 89/01396/OUT and 92/00671/RES, correspondence with BP Properties and the Vale of Glamorgan Council, and where pre-2002 council records are now held.
“It asks only for any file or record the council itself holds that is specifically about the following”
I correct my previous email, explaining it was sent as a reply to the wrong message so an earlier email I'd asked to be disregarded appeared quoted beneath it; I confirm my 20 October request itself still stands unaffected.
“Please continue to disregard the quoted 13 October (01:07) text. It was not re-sent intentionally”
I accept the Zoom arrangements for Thursday's meeting without withdrawing my objection to the lack of an in-person option, and restate four unanswered questions about who made the remote-only decision, notice revisions, published multi-location arrangements, and consideration of public access.
“This is acceptance of the practical arrangements for this meeting, not withdrawal of my objection”
I asked the LGA under FOIA for 1965-2000 guidance to councils on disputed land title and village green registration, plus any records mentioning Great House Farm, Western Ground Rents, BP Properties or the 1987 Court of Appeal case, by 17 November 2026.
“registering land as a town or village green under the Commons Registration Act 1965 where its ownership was disputed or unknown”
I asked the WLGA, on a voluntary basis, for records on disputed land title guidance, the 1996 allocation of South Glamorgan land at Llandough and Leckwith between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, and any mention of Great House Farm or the 1987 case, by 17 November 2026.
“how the land of South Glamorgan County Council at Llandough, Leckwith and Cogan was allocated between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan”
I asked Audit Wales under FOIA/EIR for 1970-1996 audit reports, working papers, elector objections and correspondence about council land dealings at Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, village green VG41 and Church View Close, by 17 November 2026.
“whether the external auditors examined any council dealing with this land”
I resent my FOI/EIR request about Audit Wales records on council land dealings at Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr after the first email bounced, sending it to the published Freedom of Information address instead.
“resending it to the address published on your Freedom of Information page”
I asked BT Group Archives for 1950-1990 records on Great House Farm, Llandough, including directory listings, wayleave agreements, the 1988-89 service cessation, and engineering plans, or guidance on Openreach records, by 17 November 2026.
“who held and occupied the property over time and what happened to its telephone service and the plant on the land”
I followed up my preservation notice to Blake Morgan, asking whether it succeeded Robbins Olivey & Blake Lapthorn, whether any 1986-87 case files on Great House Farm survive, and what searches were made, by 17 November 2026.
“whether Blake Morgan is the successor to the practice of Robbins Olivey & Blake Lapthorn, or holds any of its records”
I asked Lambeth Palace Library for details on file ECE/6/3/372/CD27551 and any related glebe, exchange or Bute Estate records for Llandough-juxta-Penarth, including possible links to the 1879 Lee–Thompson land exchange and Bute Estate correspondence.
“a short description of its contents (for example, whether it concerns glebe, an exchange of land, or a sale), its extent, whether it contains any plan”
The requester asks Defra for MAF-era records on Great House Farm, 1936–1955, covering surveys, committee decisions, consents, compensation and correspondence.
After my first attempt bounced due to a mail routing loop, I resend the same FOI/EIR request about 1936–1955 Great House Farm records to Defra's published GOV.UK address.
“It was returned as undeliverable (a mail routing loop), so I am resending it to the address published on GOV.UK.”
I ask the Bona Vacantia Division under FOIA whether any property or interest of the dissolved Western Ground Rents Ltd (company no. 00342092) was referred to or vested in the Crown, especially at Llandough, Leckwith, Cogan or Penarth, and what was done with it.
I ask the reviewer to reconsider, on the limited basis of HM Land Registry's own procedure, three unanswered factual questions about notice to occupiers before 1982–83 registration, the missing 1969 root deed, and the basis for the 1987 amalgamation; if she will not reconsider, I ask for written confirmation that her decision is final so I can pursue an Ombudsman referral.
“please confirm in writing that her decision of 9 October 2026 is final”
We asked Historic England under FOI for records on Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, including the 15 January 2018 transfer of archive item 6500905 to RCAHMW, its acquisition history, any retained copies, and related correspondence on its listing and 1988 demolition.
“Please provide: 1. The record of that transfer as it relates to this item, or to Llandough”
We asked Natural Resources Wales under EIR for the Cwm Cydfin SSSI (site 0524) notification documents, owner and occupier lists from 1972 and 1985, objections and boundary decisions, and records on woodland title WA735527 at Llandough, including its 1994 transfer to Forest of Cardiff and 2005 part-transfer to Goldsworthy Homes.
“The list of owners and occupiers served with each notification, and any later record of the site's owners or occupiers up to 2013”
I followed up as Customer Services never replied, and asked that two specific parts of my original request be treated as a formal FOIA/EIR request: for records of naming and label-placement changes around Ty Mawr/Great House Farm between 1950 and 1975, and for guidance on how such farm names were assigned or altered across editions.
We ask Persimmon Homes to confirm receipt of our 27 September preservation request and to provide records on the 1993 BP transfer, due diligence, title insurance, internal approvals, and the 1994 excavation of human remains at Great House Farm.
“Please tell me whether Persimmon (including as successor to Ideal Homes Wales) holds any of the following, and provide copies or a description”
The family asks the Valuation Office Agency, under FOIA, for rating and valuation records for Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr from 1955–1995, including ratepayer/owner entries, any disputes or appeals to alter records, and disposal or transfer details, requesting a response by 17 November 2026.
“I am trying to establish from the records who was rated or recorded as occupier or owner of the property between 1955 and 1995”
Following up on FOI 00211027, I ask for the remaining documents from deed wallet 1756 besides the already-provided 1965 conveyance, including any abstract of title and the 1962 conveyance plan between Western Ground Rents Ltd and Lakeside and Llandough Development Co Ltd.
“the plan to the conveyance of 5 March 1962 by Western Ground Rents Ltd to Lakeside and Llandough Development Co Ltd”
I ask whether you hold the original South Glamorgan County Council 'County Treasures' inventory from the late 1970s, any entry in it for Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, and related survey material, with a reply requested by 16 November 2026.
“the original inventory, or any Llandough, Penarth or Cogan entry in it for Great House Farm”
I explain I have no claim numbers but list known proceedings for Great House Farm from 1955 to 1988, and ask whether any records survive, were transferred, or were destroyed, also querying the earlier 'no records' reply from 4 August 2026.
“Could you tell me whether any record, index entry, warrant or bailiff's return survives for these, or for the November 1988 enforcement?”
I ask for an internal review of ATISN 26-0010, questioning whether any actual record of destruction, transfer or retention exists for the farm's files, which schedule entry was relied on, whether Welsh Office schedules are held, and how searches were conducted.
“Please confirm whether the Welsh Government holds any record of an actual destruction, transfer or retention decision for files in those series”
I consolidated outstanding questions across several cases: exact locations for the Glamorgan XLVII.6 field book, which IR 58 entries match four modern Land Registry titles, records of the 1986-87 possession proceedings, the Bonvilston distinction, and a quotation or page count for the BT 31/87651 company file for Western Ground Rents Ltd.
“give a quotation, or a page count for each part, so that I can choose which to order first”
I ask BP Archive to identify who holds property, litigation and demolition records from 1969–1993 for Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, covering conveyances, title registrations, the 1988 court case and the 1993 transfer, with a reply requested by 16 November 2026.
“whether you hold, or can identify the custodian of, the records below”
I combine my outstanding points into one enquiry, asking for a search of Bute Estate Records 1870–1880 for Cedfin/Tŷ Mawr/Great House transactions, items D153/4–8 and D219, and the 1938 conveyance to Western Ground Rents, plus any later records of the farm, requesting a reply by 6 November 2026.
“any lease, agreement or sale of "Cedfin", "Tŷ Mawr", "Ty Mawr" or "Great House" farm between 1870 and 1880”
The family asks us to reconcile our 'not held' answers with two published sources stating medieval ironwork from Great House Farm, Llandough, found c.1880, is in the National Museum's collections.
“it is likely that some medieval ironwork which is held by the National Museum of Wales was discovered under the rear wing c 1880”
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”
Following up on my 28 September preservation notice and your pointer to the online 1994 report, I ask whether you hold the underlying excavation archive (site code, context sheets, photographs, finds inventory, records) for Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, what searches were made, and whether anything has been destroyed or transferred, requesting a reply by 16 November 2026 and that nothing be destroyed meanwhile.
“whether Cotswold Archaeology holds the excavation archive for the 1994 work”
I followed up my 28 September preservation notice, asking Archaeology Data Service to confirm what records it holds on Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, what searches were made, and whether anything has been destroyed or moved, by 16 November 2026.
“whether anything has been destroyed or transferred elsewhere (and if so, when and to whom)”
We narrowed our earlier request to ask Mount Stuart for any 1870–1880 lease or sale of Great House Farm, 1870s rentals showing the occupier, and the December 1938 sale of the Bute interest at Llandough, and asked for a reply by 6 November 2026.
“a division of the farm to 1877, but no document has been located”
I submit a supplement to request 00211557 seeking the original 1970s County Treasures inventory entry for Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr from the former South Glamorgan County Council, plus related survey sheets and amendment records.
“the original County Treasures inventory compiled by the former South Glamorgan County Council”
I submit a narrowed request linked to 00211484 and 00211483 seeking village green VG41's 1970 registration records, 1958 planning committee minutes referencing a Mrs Buckler, and council works records on the adjoining land from 1955 to 1988.
“Village green VG41 (registered 16 June 1970 under the Commons Registration Act 1965)”
I set a 30 October 2026 deadline for the outcome of the internal review of FOI 00210772, warn I may ask the ICO to consider the delay under section 50, and ask for a preservation hold on planning records for applications 89/01396/OUT and 92/00671/RES.
“I may ask the Information Commissioner's Office to consider the delay under section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000”
I send the scheduled chase for the overdue internal review of FOI 00210772, requested 7 July 2026, and ask the council to suspend any disposal of related 1988 eviction, demolition, planning and Building Preservation Notice records pending the outcome.
“Please suspend any disposal of those records pending the outcome of this review”
I applied to HM Land Registry under Z084NQV/N610CGV for alteration of the register under Schedule 4 LRA 2002 and indemnity under Schedule 8, covering titles WA240304 (closed) and WA231076, focused on the 1983 first registration through 1987, restating earlier unanswered questions and adding new ones.
“It asks the Registrar to consider alteration of the register under Schedule 4 to the Land Registration Act 2002, and indemnity under Schedule 8”
I ask under the Freedom of Information Act which items in Glamorgan land tax assessments DBJ/O/90-94 (1691–1707) cover Llandough-juxta-Penarth, and whether any record shows a 1667 999-year lease of Great House to the Williams family, distinct from Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge.
“Please do not send or rely on records for the Cowbridge-area places.”
I ask for the substantive response to ATISN 26-0010 on retention and disposal schedules as soon as possible, particularly any covering Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr records from 1988-1996.
“I would be grateful for the substantive response as soon as possible, particularly in relation to any schedules covering records of Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, 1988–1996”
Following the reply on ATISN 27021, I ask Cadw to confirm whether any inventory, closure note or disposal schedule survives for the 1988 listing file, which successor or predecessor bodies might hold related material, and the recorded reason and date for any disposal decision.
“Any recorded reason for the disposal decision and the date it was made”
I flagged that the Glamorgan XLVII.6 field book, plan and index, plus National Farm Survey and CWAEC records, must not be disposed of or weeded before location and physical-check status are confirmed, and asked for confirmation on retention schedules and missing items.
“routine disposal or weeding of IR 58 / IR 121-128 series material, MAFF National Farm Survey records, or CWAEC cultivation and compensation files could remove items before location and physical-check status are confirmed”
I pointed out that the 14 October reply only gave catalogue search links and did not answer the location request for the Glamorgan XLVII.6 field book, plan and index, and asked for series/item references, store location, physical-check status and the statutory deadline.
“A catalogue-only answer is incomplete unless the systems and physical-check status are stated”
I requested, for two named hearth tax rolls (E 179/221/297 and E 179/221/294), which rotulet covers Llandough-juxta-Penarth, any householder names and hearth counts listed in finding aids, and digitisation or copying costs for that entry only.
“Please tell me: (a) For each roll, which rotulet or membrane covers the parish of Llandough-juxta-Penarth”
I reiterate that information about my late father is not shielded in the way a living person's data would be, ask that FOI 1264/26 be read accordingly, and request preservation of liaison records on the 1988 possession and demolition.
“Please also preserve any potentially relevant material, including liaison records with other agencies concerning the 1988 possession and demolition.”
I am asking BP p.l.c., BP Properties Ltd, the BP Pension Trust and any successors to preserve all records from 1969 to present relating to Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, including litigation and demolition files, and I ask for the name of any external solicitors involved.
“preserve, and not destroy, delete, overwrite or dispose of, any records”
Ahead of the 22 October meeting, I ask that the outcome or a firm date for my open FOI and internal review requests be communicated beforehand, and I ask you to confirm that 1988-1992 planning records for refs 89/01396/OUT and 92/00671/RES are being retained pending wider preservation enquiries.
“I would be grateful for confirmation that they are being retained pending those wider enquiries”
I clarify, in plain terms, the military language used in my 13 October email, confirming it expressed frustration and political opinion rather than any threat, and state that all the formal requests in that email still stand.
“All of the formal requests in that email stand as sent.”
I object to the council's decision to hold the 22 October meeting remotely only, ask it to reconsider, and pose five questions about who decided this, when, and what consideration was given to public access.
I open a new FOI request, separate from earlier ones, asking whether the 1610 Herbert survey S7 holds an entry for Great House in Llandough-juxta-Penarth, and whether Bute X.6(12) appears on the Cardiff MSS microfilm, with references.
“Whether S7 contains an entry for Great House or any holding in Llandough-juxta-Penarth, and the folio”
I thank you for the catalogue links and ask you to confirm that no Bute Estate records relating to Llandough-juxta-Penarth, Great House, Daniel Thomas or John Williams have been reported missing, withdrawn or disposed of, and ask for any held information on the 1610 survey S7 or Bute X.6(12).
“confirm that no Bute Estate Records relating to Llandough-juxta-Penarth, Great House / Tŷ Mawr, Daniel Thomas, John Williams, or the 1875–1880 transaction have been reported missing, withdrawn, transferred or disposed of”
The family asks what search terms and systems were used to assess scope for FOI 2026-024, and whether predecessor records from the former National Museum of Wales or GGAT were included.
“what search terms and systems were used to reach that conclusion, and whether any predecessor records”
I ask you to help clarify the chronology of the 1988 eviction coverage, what was broadcast, what survives, and why three infant children and my mother's pregnancy seem omitted, plus an abrupt edit after a reference to the land as prime development property.
“three infant children and the fact that my mother was pregnant at the time appear to have been omitted”
I asked legal regulators for guidance on tracing any barristers or chambers that acted in the 1980s BP Properties Ltd v Buckler land litigation over Great House Farm, and requested preservation of relevant records.
“guidance on tracing barristers or chambers that may have acted in that matter, and for preservation of any relevant records”
I thank you for logging FOI2026/23272 and provide search identifiers — possession around 29 November 1988, demolition from 6 December 1988, and names linked to the land — asking that relevant material be preserved pending the outcome.
“I would also ask that any potentially relevant material be preserved pending the outcome of the request”
We asked Mount Stuart to book a research visit and send registration details, listing Bute Estate records we hope to see on Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr at Llandough-juxta-Penarth, including 1667 deeds, a possible 999-year lease, 1875–1880 accounts, and the later conveyance from the Vaughan family.
“Any lease of Great House to the Williams family, or any lease of it for 999 years.”
I thank you for the agenda and Zoom link, note that council meetings are your domain, and mention the matter's wider significance including Llandough's broader history, pointing to a new family website now live again.
“the magnitude of this goes beyond the medieval burials and my input”
I confirm the online order for Mary Doreen Williams's death registration went through this time, after an earlier site would not accept the year 1983. Thanks for the help under MoJ Ref 260904007.
I supply alternative site names, the grid reference ST 1681 7331, and identifiers including William Beverly Buckler and B.P. Properties Ltd to help locate records, without widening the 1 November–31 December 1988 scope.
“The following identifiers may assist searches of occurrence, incident, control-room, deployment or other operational records”
I acknowledge the section 12 refusal and ask for the full particulars of the October council meeting, while formally requesting an internal review, further recorded information, and my personal data under a subject access request.
“Please provide those particulars immediately or identify where the Council has published them.”
I ask you to disregard my previous email and treat this revised version as final, restating my request for the meeting particulars, an internal review of the section 12 refusal, a further information request, and a subject access request.
“Please record and process each part under the applicable procedure. None is intended to withdraw, narrow or replace any of the others.”
I chase several open requests, noting Appendices C, D and E of the planning report are still missing, and ask the council to identify, disclose or cite exemptions for them and confirm the 26 October 2026 response date for 00211557.
“The planning report’s Appendices C, D and E remain missing”
I accept that D153/1–8 sits at the National Library of Wales and confirm DRA/11/120 relates to the Maesteg colliery series, not Llandough-juxta-Penarth or Tynywain, so no further action is needed from you on these points.
“does not relate to Llandough-juxta-Penarth or to Tynywain”
I ask Cardiff Register Office to confirm whether it holds a death registration for Mary Doreen Williams, after the Vale of Glamorgan said they could not find one and passed my request on, so I can obtain a certified copy or know what was searched.
“confirm whether Cardiff Register Office holds a registration of death for Mary Doreen Williams”
I formally request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the series, box and reference details for vestry minutes, tithe records and any enclosure award naming Great House Farm / Ty Mawr in Llandough-juxta-Penarth, plus confirmation that the items were physically checked.
“Please state whether you hold, and if so the series, accession, box, shelf and CALM reference”
I confirm I accept that D153/1–8 is held at the National Library of Wales and that DRA/11/120 relates to the Maesteg colliery, not to Great House Farm / Ty Mawr, and will not pursue that reference further with you.
“will not pursue it further with Glamorgan Archives”
I ask your office whether the Ministry of Justice has replied yet on Great House Farm (HMLR ref N610CGV), confirm my 27 and 28 September emails as logged casework, and request a caseworker's direct contact.
“confirm that my emails of 27 and 28 September 2026 have been received and logged as casework”
I ask Cadw/Welsh Government whether any recorded information survives that supports or qualifies the 1988 finding that the Great House Farm listing file was 'most likely' destroyed, requesting any inventories, schedules or search records, and for this to be logged as a new FOI request if outside ATISN 27021's scope.
“I ask whether any pre-existing recorded information remains that supports or qualifies the “most likely destroyed” conclusion or documents the file’s lifecycle”
I request Welsh Office/Welsh Government retention and destruction schedules covering agricultural tenancy, land and rural policy files from 1970-1997, plus any record of whether files relating to Great House Farm, Western Ground Rents Ltd or BP Properties Ltd were destroyed, transferred or retained.
“The retention and destruction schedules (or equivalent policy documents) that applied, or still apply, to former Welsh Office / Welsh Government file series covering agricultural tenancies, land ownership or compulsory purchase, rural depopulation, or related policy in the period 1970–1997”
I'm requesting only the location and physical-check status of the Valuation Office Survey 1910 field book, plan and index for OS Glamorgan XLVII.6 covering Llandough/Great House Farm, including series references, store location and systems searched.
“Please treat a “not held” answer as incomplete unless you name the systems searched”
The family requested non-personal FOI/EIR records from South Wales Police about the November–December 1988 possession and demolition at Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, including logs, correspondence, and transfer or disposal records, kept separate from the open subject access request.
“existing non-personal records that refer to the site or the events associated with its possession and demolition”
Following the internal-review outcome and searches of Bute Estate series D153 and D205, I ask you to confirm whether any further Bute or related classmarks have since been identified concerning Great House Farm, the 1877 agreement, the 1916 tenancy, or the 1938-39 sale.
“Please confirm whether any further Bute Estate or related classmarks have been identified since the July 2026 searches”
Following Glamorgan Archives' direction (ref 2026/4274, 6 October 2026), I ask you to check the full D153/1-8 sequence, including endorsements and plans, for any 1875-1880 document on Great House Farm, Llandough-juxta-Penarth, and to give exact references if found or say which series to check next.
“Please would you check the full sequence D153/1-8, including endorsements, dockets and any attached plans, for any document dated c.1875-1880”
I confirm the requests of 8, 15, 17 and 20 September are now treated as fully answered, and ask you to supply scans of Archives 6048945, 6048943 and 6048941, confirm any accession or provenance record for NPRN 20182, and confirm whether the emergency-recording case is now correctly linked.
“Confirm whether any accession data, transfer note or provenance record exists for the material held under NPRN 20182”
I order scans of Archives 6048945, 6048943 and 6048941 relating to Great House Farm, and ask you to confirm whether the order form already supplied remains valid or whether a fresh LES08 form is needed; I am not reopening points already closed under section 21.
“Please confirm the order form already supplied remains valid, or attach a fresh LES08 form”
The family acknowledges RCAHMW's further response of 6 October 2026 under RC26-0375, notes the confirmed searches, nil returns and offer of scans for Archive 6048945, and will review and catalogue the outcome before any follow-up.
“I will review the points against the earlier requests and catalogue the outcome”
I ask for the recorded basis used on 25 August 2026 to classify certain Great House Farm and Church Farm finds as unrelated or out of scope, or confirmation none exists, and confirmation that all August search results have now been disclosed or justified by exemption.
“The recorded basis (search log, file note, email or other document) that led the Museum to treat the already-found Great House Farm / Church Farm records as unrelated or out of scope”
The family presses Amgueddfa Cymru for the specific systems and physical files checked before calling the exclusion schedule 'not held', asks whether MS 3360/3 identifies which Llandough is meant, and queries the Ref 13.2 waterwheel location.
“Please state which systems were searched for that schedule (collections database, search-export, review log, email, paper file) and whether a physical file was retrieved”
I asked ITV Archive to search for November-December 1988 news coverage of the Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr demolition and to tell me what footage, scripts or logs survive, their format, and the licensing terms.
“Please search, or advise how best to search, ITV’s archive for regional or national news coverage filmed or transmitted in late November and December 1988”
I resent my request to ITV Viewer Requests, again asking for help identifying surviving 1988 footage on the Tŷ Mawr demolition for personal research, and for cost and licensing details.
“seeking to identify and preserve the source record for personal historical research”
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”
I asked Scrutiny to consider a Task and Finish Review of council-held planning, heritage and public-authority records for Great House Farm / Tÿ Mawr, covering the chronology of decisions and any missing or contradictory records, and requested acknowledgement of the process and timescale.
I narrow FOI2026/09019 to non-Special-Forces records only, asking for MACA requests, unit duty-logs, and any search, retention, transfer or disposal records for November–December 1988, without reopening the Special Forces response.
“narrowing the outstanding information request to non-Special-Forces information that can be considered separately”
Following the preservation notice already served, I ask whether you hold any retained copy of the 1994 early-medieval cemetery excavation archive or report for Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, and on what terms a copy could be obtained.
I asked Linklaters' records team to confirm whether any 1982-1988 files on Great House Farm, Tŷ Mawr and Llandough remain in their custody or have been archived, and their retention status and matter reference.
“Whether any client files, pleadings, instructions, disclosure schedules, title abstracts, HMLR correspondence or plans relating to Great House Farm”
I acknowledge the CPS update of 8 October confirming my 30 September letter was passed to a manager, and ask to be kept informed of any further progress.
“Please keep me informed of any further progress or if additional information is required.”
I ask HM Land Registry's reviewer to confirm whether four specific points form part of the live investigation: the missing 1969 root deed, notice given to occupiers in 1982–83, the legal basis for the 1987 amalgamation during live Court of Appeal proceedings, and whether the woodland's inclusion could be a mistake under the Land Registration Act 2002.
“Please confirm these points form part of the live investigation and state the exact start date of the ICR six-month period”
I formally chase four unanswered points on the overdue internal review of case 00210772, including a firm decision date, a description of newly found documents, preservation confirmation and release of disclosable material.
“A firm date by which the completed internal review decision will be issued”
I asked HM Land Registry to search the historic files for WA231076/WA240304 for any 1924–1930 instrument or title, including a 1928 voluntary first registration by John Williams and the 15 May 1924 agreement, and to send copies or confirm nothing is held.
“I am asking you to search the historic files you have already retrieved and to say whether a 1924–1930 instrument for the house plot is on them”
I ask the review to confirm which catalogues, transfer lists and destruction registers were searched, whether Welsh Office, court-administration, HO or DEFE series were considered, whether the destroyed 2000 European Commission file in Buckler v United Kingdom has any TNA counterpart, and to preserve all records in scope.
“Please preserve anything in scope while the review is open”
I ask you to supply a filtered schedule excluding Cowbridge/Llandow entries from FOI 2026-032, confirm the parish and holding details for the MS 3360/3 page, and state whether Ref 13.2 relates to the Penarth site or the demolished farmhouse.
“You have not stated, item by item, which of the earlier schedule entries are now excluded”
I accept your distinction that Ref 13.2 refers to the separate Llandough Farm, not Great House Farm, and ask whether the MS 3360/3 page or plan itself records any further identifier distinguishing which historical Llandough is meant.
“Does the MS 3360/3 page or plan itself contain any further recorded identifier which identifies which historical Llandough is meant”
I thanked you for acknowledging ATISN 27589 and the 26 October deadline, clarified that the possession and demolition dates I gave were contextual only, and asked you to confirm that all relevant records will be preserved pending the response and any review.
“Please also expressly confirm that records falling within the scope of ATISN 27589, including any relevant historic listing, inspection, photographic, administrative and file-disposal records, will be preserved”
I'm formally chasing the overdue internal review for case 00210772, noting the 40-working-day deadline expired on 2 September 2026, and I'm asking for a firm date, a description of newly located material, and preservation confirmation by 6 October 2026.
“If I do not receive a substantive response by *6 October 2026*, I will refer the continuing delay to the Information Commissioner's Office without further notice.”
I restated the stage-one complaint (ticket #628635887) about Cadw's 1988 assessment of Great House Farm, asking for a written decision on its adequacy, confirmation on reviewing the HER entry, and details of what 1988 records survive or were destroyed.
“I am not asking Cadw to determine title. I am asking Cadw to answer for its own role, decisions and professional handling of the 1988 assessment.”
I sent a supplement correcting three points in my 20 September letter on HER GGAT02038s, clarifying dates, noting a Heneb complaint acknowledged on 29 September, and asking when current section 196 guidance was issued and whether it addresses classification.
“What I still need is confirmation whether that 2017 text has been substantively reviewed since sections 194 to 196 came into force on 4 November 2024”
I clarify that my requests were never limited to registered campaign files but cover all recorded information the Commission holds on the site, and I ask you to confirm whether the search has extended across all relevant NMRW collections, listing the categories involved.
“My requests were not confined to registered campaign files.”
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.”
I send further material and reference numbers, including a South Wales Police crime-recording request and HM Land Registry references for title WA231076 and WA240304, and ask the CPS to identify any existing record and pass the material to the responsible team.
“I ask that the South Wales Police crime-recording request and the HM Land Registry report of suspected registration irregularities be treated as the principal current investigative references”
The family gave their current Dinas Powys address and former address at Great House Farm, Llandough, describing the 1988 dispossession and demolition and pointing to their online evidence index.
“Dispossessed and demolished in 1988, when your regime brought guns”
I'm raising a formal concern, preservation notice and subject access request, demanding completion of the overdue internal review for case 00210772 and preservation of planning, legal and land records for Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr.
“This is a formal concern, a preservation notice, and a subject access request.”
Under case 00211484 I'm narrowing my request to ask for the instruction or works record for removal of a commemorative tree at Church View Close, including its date, who authorised it, and any link to the family or the 1988 demolition.
“This request is about one tree and one works record. It is not a request that you decide title.”
I'm submitting a new FOI/EIR request, separate from 00210772, 00211463 and 00211484, seeking section 52/106 land-charge records, historic planning register entries, Appendix B of the officer's report, and the condition 16–18 discharge chain for Great House Farm.
“New request under FOIA 2000 and/or EIR 2004. Do not treat this as a reopening or expansion of 00210772, 00211463 or 00211484.”
I submitted a subject access request under UK GDPR Article 15 for personal data on WA231076 and WA240304, including complaint files and the MP correspondence pack, and asked HM Land Registry to confirm whether the first-registration file holds data on Mary Doreen Williams or William Buckler, and to preserve both files.
“It is a request for personal data in the working file in which I am identifiable, including customer-complaint files”
I sent a preservation notice to each recipient for Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, listing titles WA231076, WA240304, WA513690, WA735527 and planning refs 89/01396/OUT and 92/00671/RES, asking them not to destroy or transfer any related records.
“Please preserve, and do not destroy, transfer out of your custody without a written receipt, or dispose of, any file, plan, photograph, tape or electronic record”
I filed an FOI request following up on 26FOI 103, asking the Welsh Government and Cadw for any 1988 records on listing consideration, inspection or demolition of Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, and any disposal of those files.
“Any consideration, between 1 July and 31 December 1988, of listing, spot-listing or emergency listing of Great House Farm”
I asked South Wales Police for a subject access disclosure, for a decision on recording a report of suspected wrongdoing in the creation of title to the farm land, and for a search note explaining 'no records held' for the 1988 operation, asking that records be preserved.
“Please preserve any 1988 operational file, pocket book, custody record or transfer list.”
I issued a formal preservation notice to BP and several other bodies requiring them to retain records on Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, and its later development, making clear it is not a claim, service of proceedings, or a statutory request.
I asked you to look at a now-public record on Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, covering the 1988 demolition, the 1987 Buckler case, and recent FOI and Land Registry disclosures, offering documents and a named contact.
“I am asking you to look at a primary record that is now public, before more of it is lost.”
I explain my family's long-running land ownership dispute over Great House Farm, describing a 1974 licence attempt, the 1983 and 1987 land registry decisions, and concerns that our parcel was never properly conveyed or recognised.
“a synthetic parcel appears to have been created, based on enough years of attempts to make our occupancy appear permissive”
The family requests an internal review of the Wales Office's 22 September 2026 response to request 26FOI 103, questioning whether it properly answered the five points asked on 29 August 2026 about Great House Farm's 1988 listing decision and whether the search conducted was adequate.
“I am asking whether the letter of 22 September 2026 answered the request that was made, and whether the search described in it was adequate”
I correct an earlier date error: 1982-83 was first registration of two separate live titles (WA231076 and WA240304), not a merger, and the actual amalgamation into one title happened on 2 February 1987.
“1982–83 was first registration of two live titles, not a merger.”
I thank you for your detailed reply and explain I am trying to reconstruct why my family long asserted ownership of Great House Farm despite the later BP Properties Ltd v Buckler outcome. I share an AI-assisted reconstruction with sources for you to test against your records.
“I am asking for your help in testing it against the records held by Glamorgan Archives”
I ask whether you hold South Wales Constabulary occurrence books, operational orders, press files, or deposit schedules covering the November–December 1988 eviction and demolition at Great House Farm, Llandough, and request closure details if any records are restricted.
“I am researching the eviction and demolition at Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough, between 29 November and 6 December 1988”
I send the death certificate for Mary Williams (also known as Mary Buckler), who died in March 1983, to support my FOI request of 7 June 2026 for probate records tied to Great House Farm, Llandough, and ask you to confirm receipt and expected response date.
I'm requesting an internal review of the 'no records held' finding in 719/26, asking you to detail exactly which systems, archives and search terms were used, and I'm also chasing the overdue 20 August request on the two deaths, treating any personal data found as a subject access request.
“A police presence on that scale would have generated records: a duty or deployment record, an operational order or briefing, an occurrence or incident log”
I ask the National Library of Wales to confirm whether Bute Estate deposits D153, D219 and GB 0210 BUTE contain an 1876-77 division of Great House Farm, a 1916 tenancy to John Williams, and post-1877 rentals distinguishing the house and field holdings, with references and plans if they exist.
“I do not ask you to adjudicate title. I ask only whether the following instruments exist in your holdings”
I thank you for the FOI 2026-032 disclosure but flag that some records relate to a different, same-named Great House Farm near Cowbridge/Llandow, ask for cross-attribution records, record preservation, and a response date for FOI 2026-036.
“Please treat the Cowbridge / Llandow entries as out of scope for this request unless you hold recorded information showing they were, at any time, indexed, cited, or treated as if they related to Great House Farm, Llandough”
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.”
I set out six numbered points for the Independent Complaints Reviewer about titles WA231076 and WA240304, including a decision made before files were examined, a missing root-of-title document, and three conflicting closure dates, asking for written answers and record preservation.
“A final complaint decision cannot properly rest on documents that had not yet been identified.”
I asked Persimmon Homes to preserve records on title WA231076/former WA240304, Church View Close (formerly Great House Farm), outlining our investigation into whether the 1938 Bute conveyance and later title chain ever included the farmhouse parcel the family holds was separate.
“I am conducting a documented investigation into the legitimacy of that title chain”
I ask the Independent Complaints Reviewer to examine how HM Land Registry handled my complaint about titles WA231076, WA240304 and WA735527 at Great House Farm, arguing it left key documentary questions about the family's ownership unanswered.
“I am asking it to review whether HM Land Registry properly investigated and answered the complaint put before it”
I request a formal internal review of the 23 September disclosure, asking you to clarify whether 20 May 2026 marks physical transfer or just catalogue publication of YHL/PO/JO/10/11/2536, and to explain the scope and search terms used in the initial search.
I am sharing the Great House Farm Wiki, a public archive documenting 150 years of the farm's history in Llandough-juxta-Penarth, drawing on Glamorgan Archives, tithe records, maps, leases and family papers, and inviting you to explore and share it.
“The archive documents the 150-year history of Great House Farm in Llandough-juxta-Penarth, South Wales”
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”
I ask you to email electronic copies of specific listed first-registration documents from your 30 July schedule for titles WA231076 and WA240304, since WA240304 cannot be found via the public search service.
“I am asking you to issue, by email to [email redacted], unofficial or official copies of the below items from your 30 July schedule”
The family supplements its 20 September complaint with seven additional points, including whether Cadw knew of a 1989 planning officer's report noting site buildings should have been retained, and asks Cadw to confirm what a May search of files found.
“states that buildings on the site should be retained, however were unfortunately demolished a little while ago”
On the family's behalf I refine case 00211463, asking for Appendices C, D and E to the 1990 officer's report (letters from the Barry Preservation Society/Civic Trust, a County Councillor, and the Applicants' Agents), plus a full appendix list and any file index.
“Appendix "C" to the officer's report on 89/01396/OUT — the letter from the Barry Preservation Society and Civic Trust”
I formally request under FOIA/EIR whether the Council holds any recorded information created after the 2002 deposit about Ty Mawr, Church View Close, the village green (VG 41) or churchyard verge, plus any photographs and records on what transferred from Penarth Town Council in 1982, with a reply due by 16 October 2026.
“Section 1(1)(a) of the Act requires the Council to confirm or deny whether the information is held”
The family explains the 17 September complaint never reached Cadw due to bounced emails, re-serves it unchanged, asks for a complaint reference, and requests that a misrouted visitor-services reference (#628635887) be closed.
“I am therefore re-serving the complaint on you directly, unchanged”
I set out my family's nearly 400-year history at Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), describing the 1988 demolition and a long chain of disputed possession orders, land registry actions and conveyances involving BP from 1955 to 1983.
“our 800 year old 10 bed manorial home was subject to an SAS style siege and demolished”
I welcome Welsh correspondence but prioritise speed, and I make clear this follow-up does not restart or narrow my requests of 8, 15 or 17 September, which remain due 6, 13 and 15 October. I ask you to confirm all three are logged as FOIA/EIR requests with reference numbers.
“Please confirm that all three are logged as FOIA / EIR requests and let me have the reference numbers.”
I wrote again to stress that HM Land Registry's reply, relying on the 1987 Court of Appeal judgment, still doesn't answer whether the 1982 first registration correctly included the farmhouse parcel, which I say was historically separate from the eastern land.
“whether the 1982 first-registration application had itself correctly included the farmhouse parcel”
I narrowed my request on ref N610CGV to two points: whether a 1971 abstract of title was ever lodged, and whether a 31 December 1969 conveyance was produced at first registration for titles WA231076 and WA240304. I'm applying directly via form OC2 for the deeds.
“Was the abstract lodged; does the list of documents lodged (item 17 on that schedule) record it”
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”
On the family's behalf I ask the Council for the full original consultation responses to application 89/01396/OUT from Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, the National Rivers Authority and the County Engineer, as referenced but not fully reproduced in the officer's report.
I set out my construction of the title chain for WA231076 and WA240304, arguing the House Plot was never conveyed into the WGR/BP estate, and ask you to confirm what the surviving first-registration records show about which parcel was lodged.
“I am asking you to confirm what the surviving first-registration records show about which parcel was lodged”
I confirmed I am a registered constituent now living in Dinas Powys, formerly at Great House Farm, and asked to meet in person, arguing the Land Registry never notified my grandmother before 1982 registration and misidentified her using a 1935 marriage certificate.
“The land registry didn't appear to have notified my grandmother”
I requested all Council records of the Barry Preservation Society's 1989 representation on the Church View Close planning application, including its original letter and any correspondence on preserving or demolishing Great House Farm, asking for a full file search rather than reliance on the officer's summary report.
I lodged a formal complaint about the Council's handling of Great House Farm's December 1988 demolition and the following planning process, asking it to investigate whether officers knew of the demolition risk beforehand and failed to act to protect the heritage building.
“Owing to an ownership dispute and the subsequent sudden destruction of the property in 1988 the building was incompletely understood”
I ask you to check the full D153/1–8 sequence for any 1875–1880 document concerning Great House Farm/Ty Mawr at Llandough-juxta-Penarth, involving named parties, the Bute Estate, or quarrying, and to confirm D/DRa 11/120 relates to Tynywain, not Llandough.
“This is not Great House Farm, Llandough near Cowbridge.”
The family lodges a formal complaint to Cadw about its handling of the 1988 listing decision for Great House Farm, citing a newly found 1 October 1982 GGAT consultation letter identifying the site as H2.1 for development.
“six years before the 1988 demolition, the archaeological and planning system already contained site-specific information”
I'm asking whether we were consulted, notified, or asked to record Great House Farm, Llandough before its demolition on 6 December 1988, despite Cadw reportedly considering emergency listing days earlier, and request any related correspondence or documentation.
“Whether the Royal Commission received any notification, consultation, referral or request for advice concerning Great House Farm before its demolition in December 1988”
I ask the Senedd to consider an independent or committee inquiry into the 1988 demolition of Great House Farm, pointing to the compressed timeline between heritage listing consideration, loss of possession and demolition, and asking what records public bodies actually considered.
“emergency heritage protection was being considered, domestic interim relief was refused, possession was obtained and the building was then destroyed within days”
I asked Welsh Water to identify the source for its demolition statement, confirm which legacy and paper systems were searched, state the retention periods relied on, and disclose any documented migration or data-transfer policy for historic property records.
Chased answers to questions raised across emails of 26 May, 2-3 June, 30 July and 12 August 2026 about the 1971 abstract, the 'no question or doubt' certificate, the marriage certificate cited by your officer, and whether records mention Mary Williams, Frederick Buckler or a competing claim to Ty Mawr.
“Your 30 July letter listed documents still held. It did not answer what those documents contain”
Added further unanswered questions about whether the 1971 abstract is still listed and held, which form carries the 'no question or doubt' wording, the status of the 1969 Western Ground Rents conveyance, and whether the paper files ordered in February 2026 were fully retrieved and scanned.
“This supplements my email of 16 September 2026 on N610CGV / WA231076 and WA240304.”
I'm asking the cataloguing team to check whether Emergency Recording case RCS2/1/1777, currently listed as Great House (Ty Mawr), Bonvilston, actually relates to the demolished Great House Farm, Llandough (NPRN 20182), and to relink it if so.
“Could you confirm from the location plan / map copies / photographs in the RCS2/1/1777 bundle whether the site is Bonvilston”
I wrote on behalf of a US company proposing a Commercial Guardianship Tenancy or lease for Lavernock Battery and Fort, offering an on-site custodial presence to prevent dereliction while respecting its Scheduled Ancient Monument status, and asked if the Council would consider it.
“explore the possibility of establishing a unique satellite office in South Wales”
I escalated to the Council Leader after more than six months of silence from the Llandough ward member, asking only that someone answer a simple local question about who removed the family's commemorative tree.
“a constituent with a documented family interest in the ward receive a reply that the ward member has declined to give”
I ask you to confirm in writing that you hold William Buckler's death entry, that it will be retained, and to supply the registration particulars needed to order a copy. For Mary Doreen Williams I ask whether my supplied GRO index details (Volume 28, Page 3029, March 1983) were checked and what the search covered.
I explain my distrust of institutions based on past poor FOI/SAR handling elsewhere, and describe the family's ordeal over the farmhouse's demolition and disputed land history, seeking facts rather than opinion.
“I'm just trying to get answers for my family and to understand what exactly happened in a fact find and on an evidence basis”
I'm requesting under FOI/EIR all RCAHMW records on the 1988 Suggett report and related survey material concerning medieval ironwork found under the rear wing of Great House Farm, Llandough.
The family submits a new request for a full schedule of all records linked to Great House Farm/Ty Mawr and related Church Farm finds, plus any 1875-1915 records of ironwork, armour, a visor, lance or helmet from Llandough.
“it is likely that some medieval ironwork which is held by the National Museum of Wales was discovered under the rear wing c 1880”
I reject the internal review of FOI 2026-024 as inadequate, arguing it fails to identify records already found or to answer specific questions about which archived systems were searched, and I raise related new points.
I object to closing or merging FOI 2026-032 into FOI 2026-036, insisting the internal review of FOI 2026-024 and both FOI requests remain three separate matters, though I would accept one combined response letter under conditions.
“I do not agree that FOI:2026-032 should be closed or treated as replaced.”
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.
I list all previously asked questions that remain unanswered, excluding records already seen in person, and ask for each item's holding status, reference, and digital copy availability while I am away in Patagonia.
“For each item: held (ref) / not held / held elsewhere / refused”
I clarify that my core question is not about Alfred Thomas but about a specific 1877 transaction between Daniel Thomas and the Bute Estate over a defined parcel of Great House Farm, and I ask you to reconsider the catalogue search on that basis, including records not indexed under those names.
“Bute Estate → Daniel Thomas → defined land at Llandough / Great House Farm, approximately 1876–1878”
I asked Welsh Water to clarify whether pre-2015 legacy records for Great House Farm existed, what rule determined the 2015 migration cut-off, whether any disposal or destruction log survives, and to confirm their search of separate engineering/property records.
“historical call notes, emails, webforms and other communications that may previously have been associated with a customer or property account, were not transferred”
I set out evidence for the family concerning the loss of Great House Farm, Llandough, covering the 1955 and 1974 proceedings, the 1982 registration of title WA231076, and the 1987 Court of Appeal case, and ask the CPS to consider exercising the section 6(2) power to take over any future private prosecution.
I sent another formal chase on the long-overdue internal review of Case Ref 00210772 (Great House Farm/Ty Mawr), noting missed deadlines of 14 and 24 August, and demanded the decision by 8 September 2026 or I would escalate to the ICO.
“Please issue the completed internal review decision within 5 working days of this email”
I issued a further formal chase for the overdue internal review of Case Ref 00210772, requiring a decision by 4 September 2026, and asked whether 1984 meetings on the house's significance and a 1974 historians' inspection were considered in planning decisions.
“This is a further formal chase. The delay is now substantial”
The family sends further documents, including a simulated AI court application, saying Cadw's role may be small but must still be fully recorded and scrutinised, and may later file a formal complaint.
“Any possible institutional failure you might have identified isn't the ice berge here”
The family writes to the Wales Office about Great House Farm, explaining their occupation from 1667 to its destruction in 1988, disputing BP's 1983 land registration and the 1987 possession ruling, and setting out their case that their home parcel was wrongly merged into an adjacent repossessed parcel.
“our possession and ownership would have qualified as adverse by 1940”
I wrote to two elected representatives describing 38 years of family dispossession from the land, now being cleared for 133 homes, and attached a CADW grievance summary and a mock court application for review.
“A court order is not an archaeological dig, a title investigation, or a certificate of immaculate institutional behaviour”
I flagged newly found GGAT planning papers at Glamorgan Archives referring to the site as a 'county treasure' and asked whether Cadw can establish what pre-1988 archaeological evidence was actually considered in the 1988 decision.
“Can Cadw establish from its surviving records what pre-existing archaeological information concerning Great House Farm was actually considered”
I distinguished releasing all surviving records from proving the evidential basis of the 1988 decision, and asked Cadw to confirm that its records do not establish what evidence or consultation underpinned the December 1988 decision.
I ask you to physically examine document DBDT79/1 to confirm the parties, date, property description and marginal plan, and to check whether it references Llandough or Great House Farm rather than only Pembroke Terrace. I also flag a discrepancy in how the grantor is described compared with other 1877 entries.
The family requests an internal review, arguing the Museum searched too narrowly around a 'medieval' description instead of the underlying 19th-century discovery, and asks for details of the other Great House Farm finds the Museum mentioned but withheld.
“it is not sufficient simply to conclude internally that they are unrelated without disclosing what those discoveries are”
I explain I'm reconstructing the documentary record around the BP Properties Ltd v Buckler dispute and Mary Doreen Williams's 1983 death, and ask where historical coroner records for Llandough Hospital from that time are now held.
I rejected the description of my complaint as merely unanswered emails, explaining it concerned a five-month pattern of non-engagement by the ward councillor after he initially responded, and asked whether this conduct was properly assessed against the Code's full standards.
“a documented pattern of non-engagement over approximately five months”
I thank you for clarifying that the Medical Examiner Service holds no records from 1983 or 1990, and ask you to confirm my summary distinguishing records never held, possibly destroyed, or possibly surviving with a successor body or archive.
“distinguish clearly between records which were never held by the present organisation, records which once existed but have since been destroyed, and records which may survive with a successor body or archive”
I ask you to clarify that your confirmation only covers the current registration systems searched, not all historical hospital or South Glamorgan Health Authority records, which remain unsearched questions outside your office's remit.
“no records were found for William Buckler or Mary Doreen Williams on the specific current registration systems searched”
I ask Glamorgan Archives to verify the details of DBDT10/19 and DBDT10/20 and to help determine whether the Daniel Thomas named in them is the same person later linked to Llandough lime works and a possible division of Great House Farm.
“Please confirm the exact property description, parties and date of the following catalogue entries”
I gave formal notice that documentary evidence raises a material question over the historical title to Great House Farm / Ty Mawr, now developed as Church View Close, and asked whether this was adequately examined in council records, without asking you to accept my conclusions as fact.
I chased my 12 August email asking you to clarify the basis for finding no Code of Conduct breach, as I had not yet received a reply, and asked for confirmation that a response is still intended and its timescale.
“I have not yet received a response. Please confirm whether a reply is still intended”
I thank you and ask that the record not be destroyed, then raise questions about possible anomalies in the March 1983 death registration, linking it to a dispute over missing title deeds and land later developed at Llandough.
“Could you tell me any more about March 1983 and if there's any anomalies or anything out of the ordinary”
I thank you for confirming the Medical Examiner Service holds no records and say I will follow the registrars' route, but ask whether other bodies, such as another NHS body, the coroner's service, or an archive, might hold medical certificates, coroner's referrals or hospital records for the two deaths.
“could you please clarify whether, in addition to the registration records, you would expect any historical records relating to these deaths”
I ask for an internal review of the conclusion that no records are held for William Buckler and Mary Doreen Williams, seeking confirmation that searches covered legacy, predecessor and coroner-related records, not just current Medical Examiner systems.
“whether an adequate search was undertaken before the conclusion was reached”
I accept that coroners fall outside FOI and ask five narrower questions about whether either death was referred to a coroner, where any surviving records sit, and what route exists for an interested family member to get basic facts.
“A confirmation that a death was, or was not, referred to the coroner would itself be useful.”
I thank you for the search result but ask you to clarify whether 'unable to locate any details' means no referral ever happened or just that your current system lacks the record, and I ask which jurisdiction covered Llandough Hospital in March 1983.
“whether the absence of a record in your system excludes, or does not exclude, the historical existence of”
I ask Glamorgan Archives for help tracing burial and parish register entries for William Buckler, who died in 1990, and for Mary Doreen Williams, who died in 1983, and request guidance on relevant registers and procedures.
“Contemporary reports confirm burial at St Michael’s rather than the family resting place at Llandough.”
I ask The National Archives for an update on case CAS-344046-K1S1R2 and expand my request to include Glamorgan War Agricultural Executive Committee records on Great House Farm from roughly 1936 to 1950, including wartime possession and compensation details.
I'm submitting a new FOI request for any records held on the deaths of William Buckler, who died at Llandough Hospital around 29 May 1990, and Mary Doreen Williams, whose death was registered in March 1983.
“Please search for any incident reports, sudden-death reports, referrals to the Coroner, statements, or other relevant documentation”
I accepted that post-1954 BP records are unavailable and narrowed my request to pre-1955 material on Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, listing specific items such as the 1916 tenancy, 1924 and 1938 sale particulars, the 1938 conveyance, and any pre-1955 notice to quit.
I ask whether any legacy records or referrals exist for two historical deaths: William Buckler, who died at Llandough Hospital around 29 May 1990, and Mary Doreen Williams, whose death was registered in March 1983 in South Glamorgan, and request direction to the right archive or department.
“Although these pre-date the current Medical Examiner Service, I would be grateful if you could advise whether any legacy records, referrals, or related documentation exist”
I request access to any health records held by the Health Board, including Llandough Hospital, for William Buckler, who died there around 29 May 1990, and Mary Doreen Williams, whose death was registered March 1983, under the Access to Health Records Act 1990 and/or FOIA, and ask about the application process and timescales.
“I am writing to request access to any health records held by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board”
I'm requesting under the Freedom of Information Act any coroner's records on the deaths of William Buckler (1990) and Mary Doreen Williams (1983), asking whether either death was reported, whether a post-mortem or inquest was held, and what documentation survives.
“whether either death was reported to the Coroner, whether a post-mortem or inquest was held”
I asked Cardiff/Vale Register Office for certified copies of death certificates for William Buckler (died 1990, Llandough Hospital) and Mary Doreen Williams (registered March 1983, South Glamorgan Vol 28 Page 3029), and requested guidance on process and required details.
I asked the BP Archive to search 1955–1988 holdings for records on Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, Llandough, including title, boundaries, litigation and Land Registry correspondence, to clarify how BP itself understood the property's parcels and when they were consolidated.
I formally chased the overdue internal review for Case Ref 00210772, requiring a decision by 24 August 2026, and asked whether a Building Preservation Notice was considered for Great House Farm between July and December 1988.
“Please provide the completed internal review decision within 5 working days of this email”
I confirmed receipt of your note agreeing the revised report and the 28 August timetable, and sent an additional analysis of the evidence and chronology to assist your internal review.
“an A.I analysis of the evidence and chronology I hold”
The family requests an internal review, asking the Museum to detail the general Great House Farm information found, clarify which archived systems and date ranges were searched, and confirm whether correspondence archives were checked.
“whether the searches undertaken have fully addressed the scope of my original request”
I clarified that my complaint about the ward councillor concerned his repeated failure to respond to correspondence over five months, not historic planning decisions, and asked you to explain the basis for finding no Code of Conduct breach, including which provisions were considered and whether he was asked to respond.
“I would therefore be grateful for clarification of the basis upon which that conclusion was reached”
I challenged the adequacy of the catalogue search, noting it only covered a narrow set of names and did not address the wider entities, proceedings and events I had listed, including BP Properties Ltd v Buckler and related 1980s records.
“the search described cannot establish that relevant records did not exist, were never transferred, or were destroyed”
Asked HM Land Registry to clarify the status of the 1971 abstract of title, locate the 'no question or doubt' certificate within Form 1E, and confirm whether surviving records mention Mary Williams, Frederick Buckler, William Buckler or any competing claim to Great House Farm/Ty Mawr.
“whether it is available for inspection or copying”
I acknowledge the Committee's decision not to proceed, restate that the family's concern is the missing administrative record of Cadw's 1988 assessment confirmed by FOI reference ATISN 27021, and say we will now pursue this via the ombudsman and archival authorities.
“the near-total absence of the administrative record, as confirmed by Cadw’s FOI response ATISN 27021”
I clarify for the Committee that the family is not asking it to adjudicate the 1988 decision, but to explain why Cadw's 1988 assessment records are almost entirely missing and whether the surviving evidence should be reflected in the public record.
“how can the adequacy and evidential basis of an irreversible public heritage decision be understood or scrutinised when the underlying administrative record no longer survives”
I followed up again on my 20 June 2026 request about Great House Farm (Ty Mawr) water records, noting a 1 August reminder went unanswered, and asked for confirmation it was logged, whether it's being handled under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, and when to expect a response.
“Whether my original request has been received and logged.”
I submitted a revised, more measured version of my report dated 10 August 2026, asking only for realistic administrative steps such as explanation, record correction and acknowledgement of the 1988 record-keeping gap.
“It does not claim unlawfulness, seek compensation from Cadw, or demand a public inquiry.”
I submitted a forensic review of Cadw's 1988 assessment of Great House Farm, asking for answers to twenty questions, preservation of surviving material, correction of heritage records, and investigation by relevant authorities.
I correct an earlier mistake, clarifying the enquiry concerns Glamorgan Archives, not the National Library of Wales, and list a wide range of references on Great House Farm and the Williams/Buckler family for staff to prepare before a family search room visit.
“A member of my family has scheduled a visit to the Search Room tomorrow to research Great House Farm”
I ask permission to photograph records remotely for research since I am abroad, and describe a long-running ownership dispute over our farm, mentioning a possible Senedd public enquiry request.
“we require photos be permitted to be taken, of artifacts of interest, so they may be sent to me here”
I welcomed the contact and sent attachments on the 1987 case and the 1983 land registry decision, describing concealment of information relied on by the court and a mistaken exclusion of the family's claim to Church View Close.
I submit a new, separate FOI request for records of the January 1989 Barry Magistrates Court hearing where a charge from 29 April 1988 against William Buckler was withdrawn as "out of time," including related registers, listings and administrative records.
I ask you to clarify what historical paper records, indexes, retention schedules, and destruction or transfer records were checked, since my request was not limited to the current case management system.
“My request was not limited to whether records are currently held on that system.”
I clarified that my request was specifically for the name of the officer who sent the acknowledgement, separate from the substantive FOI/EIR matter, and asked for either that name, a formal refusal notice with statutory basis, or confirmation that no such name is held.
“I asked for the name of the officer who sent the acknowledgement email.”
I follow up on my 10 June 2026 request, asking whether any surviving court records exist covering the 1955 possession order, the 1962 Cardiff County Court proceedings, the 1974 case, and the Court of Appeal decision in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler, and how to obtain or inspect them.
“I am seeking confirmation of whether any surviving court records exist relating to possession, title, and related proceedings”
The family asks the Museum to clarify exactly which systems, archives and search terms were used, whether searches covered provenance and correspondence files beyond accessioned objects, and requests advice on other authorities that might hold relevant records.
I'm chasing FOI request 719/26 after no reply to my 16 July clarification, and I'm asking you to either confirm a further search or explain how 'no records held' stands given ITV video footage showing police presence at Llandough in 1988.
“video footage (including ITV material) showing police presence at Llandough in 1988”
I congratulated RCAHMW on its aerial discoveries and set out the history of Great House Farm, arguing that a separate freehold for the farmhouse was obscured through litigation and missing deeds, noting the 1987 Court of Appeal case never ruled on title and that the Land Registry bundle remains inaccessible after an FOI refusal.
“it did not rule on whether the Williams family held a separate freehold to the farmhouse plot”
I asked the Council for the outcome of the internal review of my EIR request (Case Ref 00210772), noting over 20 working days had passed since acknowledgement with no decision, and requested an answer within 5 working days.
“Over 20 working days have now passed with no further update or decision.”
I followed up on FOI/EIR Case Ref 00211027 about land acquisition for Llandough Primary School, noting the statutory deadline had passed and no substantive reply or officer name had been given, and asked for a response or formal refusal within 5 working days.
“Please now provide either the information requested or a formal response (including any refusal notice) within 5 working days.”
I note that more than 40 days have passed since my 20 June request about water records for Great House Farm/Ty Mawr with no acknowledgement, and I ask you to confirm receipt and provide either the information or a formal refusal notice within 5 working days.
“More than 40 days have now passed with no acknowledgement or response”
The family asks the Postal Museum to confirm whether 1895–1900 was fully searched, to give reference numbers for excluded 'unrelated' catalogue results, to clarify whether uncatalogued material is represented, and whether any related records were restricted or inaccessible.
Thanked HM Land Registry for its 30 July letter and asked it to confirm whether the 1971 abstract of title survives separately or within a listed item, and where the 'no question or doubt' certificate appears in the surviving Form 1E.
“Could you please confirm whether: the 1971 abstract of title survives as a separate document”
We followed up our earlier enquiry to ask The National Archives to confirm any recorded information about the existence, transfer, retention or destruction of manorial, estate, legal and ownership records for Great House Farm / Ty Mawr, Llandough, including under alternative names like Cedfin.
“whether The National Archives holds any recorded information relating to the existence, transfer, retention, destruction, or absence of such records”
I ask you to confirm whether Bute Estate series D153, D205 and D219 were searched only for the property name or also for terms like inventory, valuation and furniture, whether other collections were checked, and whether any inventory or disposal records exist for Ty Mawr.
“Whether the Bute Estate series D153, D205 and D219 were searched only for references to the property name”
I asked Welsh Government to clarify the evidential basis for its original statement that Great House Farm records were transferred or destroyed, and to confirm whether any consultation records, inspection reports or case files survive from 1988.
“on what evidential basis was that statement made?”
I acknowledge the internal review outcome for FOI/2026/09, noting the Bute Estate series D153, D205 and D219 were searched and section 21 applied to catalogue and Reading Room material, and I close the review, proceeding via normal catalogue access.
“including Bute Estate series D153, D205 and D219”
I thanked the archive for its searches, confirmed the Penarth/Llandough/Lavernock location is correct, and asked exactly which terms and collections were covered so I can judge how thorough the search was.
“could you let me know whether the search you carried out included any of the following terms or collections”
I corrected the surname to Williams, not William, and asked for details on exact search methodology, whether catalogued and physical holdings were checked, and whether searches covered private individuals or local hosts connected with Marconi, not just GPO staff.
“He may instead have been the owner/occupier of Great House Farm who assisted Marconi locally”
I file a formal complaint that the ward councillor has never substantively replied to five emails since 16 February 2026 about Great House Farm and Church View Close, and I ask that this failure to respond be addressed.
“Despite multiple contacts over several months, I have received no substantive replies from the ward councillor.”
I requested from the National Library of Wales any manorial court rolls, surveys, rentals or estate papers for the Manor of Llandough c.1600-1670 referring to Great House Farm, plus any pre-1667 deeds or finding aids about the family's holding there.
“list or refer to occupants, customary tenants, or holders of land later known as Great House Farm”
I submit a Freedom of Information request to the National Library of Wales for pre-1667 manorial court rolls, surveys, rentals or Vaughan family estate papers referring to occupants or leases at Great House Farm, Llandough, and ask for catalogue references or exemptions relied upon.
“Any manorial court rolls, surveys, rentals, terriers, or related documents for the Manor of Llandough (Glamorgan) covering the period c.1600–1670”
Requests manorial court rolls, surveys, rentals and terriers for the Manor of Llandough c.1600-1670, plus Vaughan family estate papers and catalogue finding aids referring to Great House Farm around or before 1667.
“Any manorial court rolls, surveys, rentals, terriers, or related documents for the Manor of Llandough”
I request under the Freedom of Information Act and EIR any records on the acquisition, accession or provenance of a medieval visor, lance, helmet or armour said to have been found with human and horse remains beneath the Great House Farm, Llandough dining room floor, plus related reburial and excavation records.
“the remains of a soldier and his horse were discovered beneath the floor”
I asked The Postal Museum to search for records relating to Great House Farm, Llandough near Penarth, Marconi's 1897 wireless demonstrations, and any GPO personnel connected to them, including a possible ancestor who may have assisted Marconi.
“family history suggests assisted Marconi before, during or after his stay at the property”
I asked Glamorgan Archives to clarify the scope and methodology of their searches, including whether uncatalogued collections were checked, which search terms were used, and whether any relevant material had ever been transferred elsewhere.
“I am trying to establish the extent of the records searched rather than simply whether records were found”
I asked Glamorgan Archives to treat my 20 July clarification as part of FOI25766 rather than a new request, and to confirm which Council departments were consulted, what searches were done, and whether any records were transferred to the Archives.
“Please treat my email of 20 July as a clarification and continuation of FOI25766 rather than as a new FOI request”
I clarified that my request covers more than personnel records, asking whether Glamorgan Archives holds broader material on 1897 Cardiff Post Office engineering, the Marconi Lavernock experiments, or related correspondence and photographs, and what searches were done.
“my request was broader than personnel records alone”
I ask the Information Commissioner's Office for urgent help getting historic land and property records preserved for the Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) claim, after a year of failed Freedom of Information and other enquiries and unresponsive MPs, councillors and police.
“I am requesting your urgent assistance and referral to the appropriate oversight bodies regarding serious and ongoing difficulties obtaining historic records”
I clarified that my request also covers Cardiff Council's own operational records, not just archive holdings, and asked which departments (planning, building control, legal, estates, highways) were searched and whether specific search terms were used.
“an archive referral does not confirm whether Cardiff Council itself holds related administrative records”
I request an internal review of FOI/2026/09, arguing the search was too narrow and asking which collections and search terms were used to look for records of Great House Farm's furnishings and fixtures.
“I believe the response may have interpreted the scope of my request too narrowly”
I clarify for the internal review that my original FOI request sought recorded information, not just physical objects, and ask whether Bute Estate collections were searched for incidental references to Great House Farm's contents.
I report ongoing delays chasing my MP, including a constituency boundary change that meant switching from the Vale of Glamorgan MP to the Cardiff MP, and say I will formally request the required referral once I hear back.
“the county lines had been redrawn and that I would need to contact the MP for Cardiff instead”
On the family's behalf, I ask an investigations desk to examine the 1987 BP v Buckler case and the Great House Farm history, citing years of research pointing to missing records and possible institutional concealment by public bodies.
“serious inconsistencies, missing records and evidence of institutional concealment that deserve independent scrutiny”
I requested records under the Freedom of Information Act about my grandfather, Mr Williams, who worked in the Cardiff Post Office engineering department around 1897, seeking confirmation of his involvement in Marconi's Lavernock Point wireless experiments.
I clarify that my complaint targets HMCTS's present-day handling of my case, not the original court decisions, and ask you to confirm you will consider it once I've completed the HMCTS process and obtained an MP referral.
“including defective complaint handling, inaccurate statements regarding court records, failures to investigate apparent inconsistencies, and the resulting loss of my opportunity”
I point out that the original response and internal review give conflicting accounts of record transfer or destruction, and ask for the evidence behind each version plus any transfer or destruction records.
“These appear to be materially different positions”
I ask the Council for records on how it acquired the land for Llandough Primary School, including the transfer deed, price paid, valuations, correspondence with BP, and any approving Council reports.
“I request copies of records relating to the acquisition of the land used for the construction of Llandough Primary School.”
I set out for the ward councillor a timeline of my unanswered emails since February 2026 about Great House Farm and Church View Close, ask who removed the commemorative tree, and request a detailed reply within 10 working days.
“I'd also like to know who removed the tree my great grandad planted to commemorate our ownership claim.”
I followed up on my earlier email about Great House Farm, Llandough, having had no substantive reply, and asked you to confirm whether the matter has been reviewed and what further action can be taken.
“Please could you confirm whether this has been reviewed and advise what further action can be taken.”
I confirm the request is intended for the museum too, and explain that my family's claim to the land was never extinguished, that Great House Farm was my birthplace, and that I was present when we were dispossessed and it was demolished in 1988.
“This land is my birthplace and I am the heir and successor to the claim”
I thank you for confirming the 1988 inspection details and ask whether your searches also covered internal memos, press files, and correspondence with the Royal Commission, Welsh Office and planning authorities.
“could you please confirm whether the searches undertaken for ATISN 27021 specifically included records such as”
I request an internal review of case 00210772, as the Council's reply only addressed two planning applications and left most of my clarified request, covering many other record types, unanswered.
“I request an internal review of the Council's response to my Environmental Information Regulations 2004 request”
I filed a Freedom of Information request for all records on furniture, heirlooms and movable property said to originate from Great House Farm, including inventories, acquisition records, provenance files and correspondence with Bute Estate, Cardiff Castle and related bodies.
I follow up with Cadw after their internal review, asking them to clarify the documentary basis for the original listing decision, the nature of the 1988 inspection photographs, and the evidence behind the claim that records may have been destroyed.
“Please therefore identify the documentary basis upon which the original response concluded that the property was assessed”
I am now making a Subject Access Request under Article 15 UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 for any personal data held about me relating to the eviction at Great House Farm and the European Court of Human Rights case Buckler v United Kingdom (1989).
I asked Glamorgan Archives to search for deeds, conveyances, manorial and tithe records linking Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Llandough to the Williams/Buckler family's 1876 acquisition, citing OS plot references 36.792 and 70/1.334, and possible links to Western Ground Rents, Bute Estate and BP Pension Trust.
“deeds, conveyances, manorial records, tithe/apportionment documents, valuations, or estate papers linking these plot references”
I asked Ordnance Survey for historical mapping and naming records for Ty Mawr / Great House Farm, Llandough, covering sheets 38-1-608 and 38-1-334 and editions from the 1950s to 1970s, seeking explanation for why the farm's name shifted between parcels.
I ask whether you have looked into my family's concerns about our loss of land at Llandough, and request help identifying when a tree marking our claim was removed, which could be evidence.
“identifying when the tree planted by my family was removed”
I supplied my full name, address and phone number, plus reference numbers for related cases including HM Land Registry KN806 and WA231076, Cadw FOI ATISN 27021, RCAHMW RC26-0205 and ECHR 14464/88.
I filed a formal maladministration complaint about defective enforcement notices, loss of opportunity to contest action, and heritage oversight failures before the December 1988 demolition of Great House Farm.
“formal notices issued during the relevant period were materially defective”
Under UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and EIR, I request all account, billing, correspondence and disconnection/enforcement records held for Great House Farm/Ty Mawr, Llandough, linked to the Williams and Buckler names, from the earliest date available, including archived or legacy records.
“Please provide copies of all records held, including but not limited to”
I clarified that my correspondence with Cadw was an information request and review under FOI/EIR regarding Great House Farm's listing history, not a complaint, and asked it be recorded accordingly.
“I would therefore be grateful if the matter could be treated and recorded as an information request and internal review under FOI/EIR, rather than as a complaint”
I thank the Council for confirming its 1982+ minutes went to Glamorgan Archives in 2002, but clarify my request also covers correspondence, photographs, plans and files on Ty Mawr, the Williams/Buckler family and the BP Properties case, and ask whether any such records exist, survive or were destroyed, including any record of William Buckler addressing the Council.
I send a personal note acknowledging the Clerk's long service to Llandough and his upcoming departure, saying it makes me appreciate his earlier reply even more.
I ask the Library to identify specific Bute Estate classmarks for Great House Farm, the Williams family records, and related leases or maps, noting I'm in Patagonia and can't visit in person.
“I would be grateful if you could clarify, from your catalogue and holdings, which specific Bute Estate classmarks or reference numbers relate to”
I wrote to you about my military background and a mortgage dispute with Manchester Building Society over my former home, asking for more favourable conditions so I can enjoy my current house as your constituent.
“I would like the conditions to be more favourable so that I might actually get to enjoy my home there, as your constituent.”
I supplied family details — Mary Doreen Williams (died 1983), her father John Williams, and her son and his wife — and asked for help tracing Bute Estate, Daniel Thomas, and Williams family records connected to Great House Farm / Ty Mawr.
“Mary Doreen Williams (died 1983), her father John Williams, and later her son”
I requested an internal review of the ATISN 27021 response, arguing the searches were inadequate given 1988 press reports of Cadw's site visit and assessment, and asked for confirmation of what searches were actually carried out.
“I am not satisfied that the searches undertaken were sufficient to establish that no other relevant records are held or can be accounted for”
I requested details of any surviving court file from the 1974 proceedings brought by BP Pension Trust Limited over Great House Farm, including case number, pleadings, orders and whether records were transferred to an archive.
“do you hold any surviving pleadings, orders, cause books, index cards, diary sheets, listing records, or archived bundles”
I explained my grandmother used the Williams name, not Buckler, after 1935 and asked how to correct or annotate this on RCAHMW's records, while also raising that the 1975/1983 conveyances wrongly merged the farmhouse with leased farmland despite ownership never being ruled on.
“Ownership was never ruled on. BP sought possession and never gained a ruling on ownership.”
I thanked you for the quick reply and asked whether searches went beyond deeds, requesting a wider check of local studies, newspaper, photographic and map collections, plus catalogue and relocation details for Great House Farm and the Williams family.
“Local studies collections and vertical files. • Heritage and local history indexes. • Newspaper cuttings collections”
I thanked RCAHMW for the archive listings and requested detailed cataloguing information for all fourteen records, including creators, provenance, formats and whether they reference ownership, the family, surveys or related material held elsewhere.
“I would be grateful if you could provide, for each of the fourteen archive records, any information held”
I share a video and a new website documenting ongoing research into events at Llandough in 1988 and invite the Council to comment or advise on the case.
“My family seem to have been murdered into silence. But have never surrendered claim to land in Llandough.”
I submit a new FOI/EIR request for planning applications, archaeological and heritage assessments, and correspondence with Cadw, BP Properties and other bodies concerning Great House Farm's demolition and any archaeological finds.
“Planning applications, permissions, refusals, conditions, appeals, and related correspondence concerning the demolition of Great House Farm”
I thank the Council for confirming no records exist on the BP Properties Ltd case and provide title numbers WA231076 and WA240304, site boundary details and family history to help Planning and Heritage teams search for records from 1875 onwards.
“enquiries should cover the historic Great House Farm / Ty Mawr estate in Llandough”
I asked Glamorgan Archives to help me locate a copy of the Daniel Thomas/Bute Estates deed or land swap for Great House Farm, plus any late-1800s to early-1900s materials or Williams family files.
“Daniel Thomas/Bute Estates deed/swap for Great House Farm (referenced in quarry deal histories)”
I asked you to advise on the current location and access options for records of proceedings involving Great House Farm, covering the 1915 eviction attempt and the 1955/1962 possession orders, focusing on title and equitable interest evidence.
I asked Cadw for full disclosure of all 1970s-1990s records on Great House Farm, citing a 1988 South Wales Echo article reporting Cadw's consideration of emergency listing for the farmhouse.
“officials from Cadw were actively considering an appeal to the Secretary of State for Wales to protect the farmhouse as a listed building”
I formally requested all South Wales Police records from 1900-1993 concerning the 1988 eviction at Great House Farm, Llandough, including bailiff attendance, use of force, and links to BP Properties, and asked for a litigation hold on all related files.
“Please provide all held records, correspondence, incident logs, statements, photographs, or reports from 1900-1993”
As heir of Mary Williams, I formally asked BP to disclose all deeds, leases, correspondence, rent records and court files relating to Great House Farm, titles WA231076/WA240304, and to place a litigation hold on all related files, referencing my notice of 15 May 2026.
“formal disclosure request in support of ongoing restitution. Litigation hold required on all files”
The requester asks the institution to search Bute Estate collections, maps, and records relating to a named farm, individuals, and a quarry transaction.
Under the Environmental Information Regulations, I request all water supply application, connection, refusal and correspondence records for Great House Farm, Llandough, especially those involving my late gran Mary Williams or the Buckler family between the 1900s and 1980s, including any notes on dairy operations, health impacts or estate disputes.
“please provide all records of water supply applications, connections, refusals, correspondence, or service issues for Great House Farm, Llandough”
I thanked you for the records found but questioned whether the 1938 sale catalogue matches the farm later tied to BP litigation, and asked for any records on BP Properties, BP Pension Trust, tenancy, conveyancing and planning history from the 1870s to the late 1980s.
“I am not yet certain that the 1938 Great House Farm sale catalogue relates to the same Great House Farm”
I asked whether you hold Bute Estate records for Llandough, any land exchanges involving Daniel Thomas, quarrying or mineral leases on the property, and records of Western Ground Rents taking over Bute estate interests around the early 1900s.
“Any records of Western Ground Rents taking over Bute estate interests circa early 1900s”
I asked for the full archive list for the 14 cited files, with titles, dates and descriptions, covering ownership, occupiers, estate history, photographs before demolition, farm buildings, oral history and pre-development surveys.
“the full archive list with titles, dates and descriptions if you don't already have it”
I formally requested to inspect or receive certified copies of the complete first registration case files for WA231076 and WA240304, asking about examiner notes, any records of disputes, and whether files still exist or were destroyed or digitised.
“We are writing to formally request access to inspect the archived first registration application files”
I repeated my formal request to inspect or obtain certified copies of the complete first registration case files for WA231076 and WA240304, including supporting documents, notes and any record of disputes or destroyed files.
“We are writing to formally request access to inspect the archived first registration application files”
Before submitting a formal access request, I asked HM Land Registry to confirm the scope of records held on WA231076 and WA240304, including whether any index, dispute material, or notations of documents not retained exist.
“confirmation of the composition and scope of the first registration file(s)”
I asked HM Land Registry to ignore my previous email, explaining it was meant for a different department and that I had already forwarded it there myself.
I asked HM Land Registry to preserve all records relating to first registration files WA231076 and WA240304, including applications, notes, correspondence and archived versions, while I pursue ongoing information access requests.
“I am writing to request that all relevant records relating to these matters are preserved”
I asked HM Land Registry for the full list of documents held on the first registration files for WA231076 and WA240304, including the FR1, transfer deed, any objections or disputes concerning Mary Williams/Mary Buckler, and whether any papers are noted as not retained.
“The full list of documents and evidence held on the first registration file(s) for WA231076 and WA240304”
I asked Cadw and Welsh Government to make sure their searches under ATISN 27021 cover both digital and archived historical records held by them, predecessor bodies or contracted advisors, with a response by 25 June 2026.
“searches include both digital and archived/historical records held by Cadw, the Welsh Government, and any predecessor bodies or contracted advisors”
I give my postal address in Dinas Powys and explain that Great House Farm, Llandough has been our family's home since 1667, describing suppressed ITV footage released after 38 years that omitted my mother's pregnancy and wrongly called us occupiers.
“Llandough has been our home since 1667 (Great House Farm)”
I submitted a formal FOI/EIR request and litigation hold notice demanding all records on Great House Farm's ownership, tenancy and planning history, insisting on free digital delivery and preservation of all related files.
I send Welsh Government/Cadw a formal notice demanding preservation of all records and ask for full disclosure of historic, planning and occupancy information on Great House Farm and the Williams/Buckler family, requesting everything be supplied digitally.
“I require all documents to be delivered digitally via email attachment or secure electronic download link”
I voiced deep anger over what happened to my family, questioned why local officials have stayed silent, and said this year's new suspicions mean the case should be reopened.
“I am horrified that the MP and Councillor for Llandough are remaining silent”
Writing from Argentina for safety, I set out my family's history and belief that my grandmother held the fee simple and manorial title from the Marquess of Bute, and asked you to help uncover suppressed 1970s-80s records and the truth behind the farm's demolition and loss to BP.
“I believe my disabled widow nan inherited the fee simple absolute (and Manorial) title from the Marquess of Bute”
I formally request all recorded information on Great House Farm's listing consideration, assessments, correspondence, and reasons it was never listed, plus any photographs or plans, preferably in electronic form.
“I am seeking recorded information rather than an explanation or opinion created for the purpose of this request”
I resend the same formal request for all records on Great House Farm's listing consideration, assessments, correspondence, and reasons it was never listed.
“I would prefer the information in electronic form”
I asked HM Land Registry to clarify whether a marriage certificate was actually lodged as registration evidence for WA231076 or if it exists elsewhere, to identify the document relied on, and to explain how identity continuity was established given pre-1974 BP licence letters referring to my grandmother as Mrs Williams.
I asked Glamorgan Archives for a link to the catalogue record of a 1978 petition against the demolition of Great House Farm in Llandough, noting newspaper reports of either 1,000 or 1,700 signatures.
“Please cite the link displaying the record of petition of demolition of great house farm in Llandough near Penarth”
I tell Cadw I have compiled my evidence and timeline, suspect misconduct over my family's manorial title and historic dispossession, and formally request, as an FOI request, all records Cadw holds concerning my family and the estate without delay.
“consider this a freedom of information request. I require of CADW answers. Records. All you hold concerning my family and estate.”
I request all council records of any date concerning Great House Farm/Tŷ Mawr, the Williams and Buckler families, and BP v Buckler, including minutes, correspondence, maps and planning papers, and ask whether older records were transferred, destroyed or held elsewhere.
“I request disclosure of all records held by Llandough Community Council, regardless of date”
I write as the family's descendant about the destruction of Great House Farm and the BP v Buckler case, outline our online archive at bpvsbuckler.datro.xyz, and ask for record review, clarification on any heritage investigation, and guidance on accessing archival and planning material.
“Review and preservation consideration of all surviving records connected to Great House Farm”
On behalf of the family, I set out our position that Great House Farm, Llandough was wrongly taken from the family from 1988, raising concerns about court process, Land Registry handling and loss of historic artefacts, and asking for this to be resolved.
“the rightful owners and occupiers of Great House Farm, Llandough, since 1667 until our unlawful, unconstitution, brutal and inhumane dispossession”
The project manager, writing for the family, corrects the postcode and address details used to identify their constituency, providing the correct ones.
Writing for the Williams/Buckler family, the project manager sets out their history as owners and occupiers of Great House Farm, Llandough since 1667 and their forced dispossession in 1988, seeking resolution and raising wider concerns about similar cases.
“the rightful owners and occupiers of Great House Farm, Llandough, since 1667”
The project manager resends, on behalf of the Williams/Buckler family, the same account of their dispossession from Great House Farm, Llandough since 1667, seeking resolution.
“the rightful owners and occupiers of Great House Farm, Llandough, since 1667”
I sent BP a follow-up notice summarising my family's dispossession from Great House Farm, Llandough, including the 1987 appeal ruling, 1988 eviction and demolition, and my father's death, referencing my earlier notice of 15 May 2026.
“rightful owners and occupiers of Great House Farm, Llandough since 1667 until our dispossession via armed force in 1988”
I point you to video footage, say I'm still waiting months for a reply from you and the MP, and note the Ministry of Justice, Land Registry and Cadw have each stalled or dismissed my enquiries, while stating I intend to keep pursuing this.
“I'm still waiting for you and the MP to respond to this matter. For months now.”
I add further evidence to my ongoing complaint on Great House Farm/Ty Mawr, citing an unauthorised 1965 transfer by Frederick Buckler, his 1968 death, the family's failed 1974 court claim, and registration occurring only after the claimant's death.
“the title to the property was transferred or sold in or around 1965 by Frederick Buckler without the knowledge or consent of Mrs Mary Williams”
I ask the National Library for help accessing certain video footage that requires registration, and request the attached clip plus any 1974 coverage, while describing my family's historic dispossession of land involving BP and the state.
I gave formal pre-action notice over the historic proceedings concerning Great House Farm, Llandough, rejecting the idea that the issues can be dismissed administratively and seeking reparations and reconsideration of the 1987 ruling.
“This correspondence constitutes formal pre-action notice of my intention to pursue legal remedies arising from the historic proceedings”
I repeated formal pre-action notice under reference TO130237, arguing wrongdoing I uncovered this year restarts the limitation clock despite events almost 40 years ago, and again set out grounds for reparations and reopening the case.
I ask HM Land Registry to escalate my complaint on title WA231076 to stage two, arguing the registration was a mistake because BP's licence was tied to a different, mis-identified name than my grandmother's true legal identity.
I reject HM Land Registry's stage-one explanation for title WA231076, arguing first registration relied on a fabricated name and hid a 1974 ownership dispute rather than a simple clerical error, and ask that the dispute be formally recorded.
I clarify that the land in question is Great House Farm, Llandough, now known as Church View Close, and note we are still awaiting a response about the 1982 BP registration you said was being scanned.
“the registration by BP of Great House Farm, Llandough in 1982, was being scanned”
I thank you for checking HMC9/311 and explain that the 'Williams Title' dates to c.1900-1915, arising from a quarrying agreement between John Williams and Daniel Thomas & Son, and link this to the 1987 BP Properties Ltd v Buckler case and a misnamed licence letter.
I ask whether, when privately deposited records are withdrawn, you keep any internal administrative record of the fact they were held, the depositor's identity, and the withdrawal date, beyond the public catalogue entry.
“is there an accession register or internal record that preserves evidence that the material once formed part of the collection?”
I ask whether a catalogue or index card entry that once referred to the Great House Farm, Llandough title deeds would still survive in archive metadata after digitisation, even if the original document was withdrawn or missing.
“are superseded or removed catalogue references retained within archival metadata systems?”
I clarify this is not a routine research request but a formal concern about possible historical misdescription or suppression of records for Great House Farm, Llandough, and ask which body or officer handles such concerns.
“a formal expression of concern regarding the potential historical misdescription or suppression of facts relating to Great House Farm, Llandough”
I narrow my request: I'm not seeking a title ruling, only asking whether any catalogue entry, index card or pointer exists for the historic "Williams Title," once said to be held and indexed at the local library for Llandough/Glamorgan.
I thanked the Clerk for the guidance and widened the proposed petition to cover similar historic Welsh land cases and possible systemic issues with agricultural and heritage protections, using the Great House Farm case as the lead example, and asked whether this framing would meet the Committee's standards.
“gadarn ar faterion datganoledig: polisi amgylchedd hanesyddol Cymru, gwarchodaethau amaethyddol, rôl CADW”
I ask the Council to examine gaps in its planning and record-keeping on Great House Farm, covering the 1974 licence naming, 1978 heritage evidence, the 1994 burial finds, land registry disclosure around the 1982 registration, and inconsistent treatment of BP's corporate identity.
We request under the Freedom of Information Act all Land Registry records from 1938 to 1987 on Ty Mawr (Great House), Llandough, including dealings with Mountjoy Ltd, Western Ground Rents, BP Pension Trust/Properties, and the 1962 Cardiff County Court and other proceedings.
“I request copies of all records, correspondence, memoranda, internal notes, minutes, file notes, land registration applications, objections, or communications held by HM Land Registry from 1 January 1938 to 31 December 1987”
I chased my earlier public inquiry request on the 1987 land case, raising concealment and collusion concerns, and separately invited interest in a possible coordinated review of historic 1950-2000 adverse possession cases where licence letters may not have effectively interrupted long-term occupation.
“whether in certain instances such licences may not have constituted legally effective interruption of adverse possession”
I escalate my concerns, citing family testimony that title documents were removed and sold in the 1960s and a missing Bute Estate deed index card, and ask whether you hold digitised Bute Estate or BP/Western Ground Rents records covering this period.
“were records deliberately removed to prejudice a 320-year possessory claim?”
I correct my earlier date claim about the missing index card, noting it came from family recollection, and introduce a new Forensic Evaluation report questioning the "Mrs Buckler" naming, 1974 license letters, and the July 1974 adjournment, asking if related court or corporate records exist.
I told Glamorgan Archives my contact is a formal expression of concern, not a routine research request, about possible historical misdescription and suppression of records on Great House Farm, including an 1888 Roman burial and an old dwelling mischaracterised before its 1988 demolition, and asked which department handles such concerns.
“a wider and serious concern regarding possible historical misdescription, suppression, and/or concealment of material facts relating to Great House Farm”
I submit a formal report describing suspected dispossession and archaeological suppression linked to Great House Farm, citing an 1888 discovery, disputed 1987 planning descriptions, and a 1974 licence issue, and raise concerns of legal identity misrepresentation.
I clarify that my enquiry concerns BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 and the 1974 proceedings, and ask whether disputed, unresolved ownership before registration or excavation raises any protocols for annotating or archiving related records.
“whether circumstances like these—where ownership was disputed and not fully resolved before registration or excavation—raise any considerations for the integrity”
I accept that archives don't resolve disputes but raise concerns about record silence and fragmentation around Great House Farm, Llandough, and the 1974 proceedings leading to BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1987), where title was never finally determined before demolition and excavation went ahead.
We send a timeline PDF and set out three points on the 1982 registration: a possible misidentification of the occupier's name, suppression of 1888 archaeological findings, and an unresolved ownership dispute at the time of registration.
“I would like to highlight three specific areas where the "actual facts" on the ground differed from the application made to the Registry”
We contest the remit decision, arguing the case concerns constitutional overreach and failures in land registration, heritage protection and public record-keeping, and ask the Committee to review it under its constitutional and administrative mandate.
I ask you to pose a Parliamentary Question on the case or land registration policy, request a debate on historical property disputes, and refer me to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman over possible maladministration by a public body.
“Refer me to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman”
I describe my family's centuries-old farm near Cardiff, lost to BP, my father's failed appeal and blocked ECHR claim before his death in 1991, and question whether ownership was ever properly determined in court.
“Ownership was never determined in a court. Possession was saught but BP never saught clarification on the true owners.”
I ask Senedd members to set up a petition and a public inquiry into what I see as a serious historic injustice to my family over the destruction of Great House Farm and the 1987 BP v Buckler case, raising land, legal and human-rights concerns.
I formally asked the Senedd to set up a petition and public inquiry into the 1987 BP v Buckler case and the destruction of the 800-year-old Great House Farm, Llandough, pointing to a 1974 statement by my grandmother, my father's failed appeal, his imprisonment, and his blocked application to the European Court of Human Rights before his death in 1991.
I set out a chronological summary of unresolved land-governance issues around Great House Farm, Llandough, covering the 1974 adjourned proceedings, the 1982 land registration, my grandmother's 1983 death, and the 1987 Court of Appeal case.
We ask Land Registry's review team to examine possible irregularities in the 1982 registration underlying the 1987 court case, pointing to the lack of a final ruling on title before registration and inconsistent treatment of two BP entities in later proceedings.
I raise a concern about the integrity of the historical record after disputed land dispossession and demolition of our home, and ask whether such unresolved ownership disputes before registration are relevant to archival or historical record considerations.
“whether this type of circumstance is relevant to archival or historical record considerations”
I ask whether a historical land dispute involving reliance on registered title and inconsistent judicial reasoning about party identity might interest you from a professional or law-reform standpoint.
“reliance on registered title obtained prior to definitive adjudication, and subsequent judicial reasoning that appears internally inconsistent”
The family raises a historical concern about the BP vs Buckler land registration case from 1982, asking only whether such a scenario interests regulators from a professional standards or historical practice perspective, without seeking advice or action.
I asked the Ombudsman whether a 1982 land registration relied on by courts and enforcement authorities despite unresolved ownership disputes could amount to maladministration, and which oversight body might be appropriate.
“relied upon by courts and enforcement authorities despite there being no definitive judicial determination of ownership”
We outline a 1974–1987 chronology of a land dispute, including a 1982 BP land registration and the 1987 Court of Appeal ruling, and ask the Committee to treat it as a systemic governance concern, not a request for remedial action.
“My purpose is solely to provide factual information for consideration, rather than to request remedial action.”
We ask Land Registry for guidance on applying to add a notice or restriction, or to rectify the register, over land first registered to BP Properties Ltd in 1982, saying the family's long occupation and a disputed interest were not recorded.
“I respectfully request guidance on the appropriate procedure to apply for the entry of a notice or restriction”
I notified BP's Group General Counsel that I am reviewing BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2, involving my late grandmother and father, and am considering a challenge to the ruling. I offered private dialogue before any public or legal escalation and asked for a response within 14 days.
“I believe it is appropriate to extend BP the opportunity for early, private dialogue”
I ask Cadw under the Freedom of Information Act for all records on Great House Farm's listing refusal and demolition, including assessments, internal correspondence, archaeological notices, any Marconi-related material, and 1980s listing policy, with reasons for withholdings and confirmation of receipt.
“subject to a refusal to list and subsequent demolition in or around the late 1980s”
I write as a constituent asking you to help identify legal, historical or governmental bodies that could independently review BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1987), concerning Great House Farm, Llandough, and its heritage significance.
“requesting your help in identifying the appropriate bodies—legal, historical, or governmental”
I say the material sent doesn't match the 23 houses actually built and reiterate that I have found deception and concealment around the case, which is why I am reopening it.
I ask whether a compulsory purchase route could be used to acquire the 23 properties built on former family farmland from BP v Buckler (1987) and transfer ownership back to my family, requesting details of the correct authority and process.
“whether an acquiring authority could lawfully consider using compulsory purchase powers to acquire the 23 properties that now sit on this former farmland”
I proposed making a documentary about the 1987 case BP v Buckler, noting I am the son of the defendant, and said I am now seeking co-financiers for the project.
