Subject: Re: FORMAL DISCLOSURE NOTICE & LITIGATION HOLD: Historic Significance, Planning Approvals, and Displaced Family Tenancy Records for Great House Farm, Llandough (FOIA/EIR Request)
From: Sion Buckler
Direction: sent
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:09 UTC
Institution: Vale of Glamorgan Council
Refs: none
Archive id: gm-19e853c4c0a17b82
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What is your name please?

Regards,

Sion Buckler

On Mon, 1 Jun 2026, 10:52 FOI Unit,   wrote:

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> Thank you for the below. We note its contents in relation to Freedom of
> Information however, we wrote to you (copy attached) seeking clarification
> on a previous request received by you which relates to the same matter.
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> *From:* Sion Buckler  
> *Sent:* 29 May 2026 19:48
> *To:* Glamro / Swyddfa Cofnodion Morgannwg  
> *Subject:* FORMAL DISCLOSURE NOTICE & LITIGATION HOLD: Historic
> Significance, Planning Approvals, and Displaced Family Tenancy Records for
> Great House Farm, Llandough (FOIA/EIR Request)
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> *LEGAL NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS:*
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> *Take notice that this request is issued in anticipation of formal legal
> proceedings and the filing of an official report regarding systemic
> institutional fraud, land misconduct, and the unlawful concealment of
> historic preservation data. You are under a strict legal duty to preserve
> all physical and electronic records, metadata, correspondence, maps, and
> erased files relating to this site. Any spoliation, deletion, or
> withholding of data will be cited in subsequent court filings.*
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> Dear Freedom of Information Officer,
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> *RE: Information Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the
> Environmental Information Regulations 2004*
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> I am writing to request access to historical records, internal
> correspondence, planning briefs, and assessments held by your organization
> regarding *Great House Farm, Llandough, near Penarth/Cardiff* (demolished
> December 1988), and the historical occupancy of the *Buckler family*.
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> *Statutory Mandate on Accessibility & Charging Fees:*
> I am aware that previous attempts to locate this data have resulted in
> directives to visit physical archives in person or use paywalled,
> commercial third-party web portals. Please be advised of the following
> statutory obligations:
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>    1. Under *EIR Regulation 8*, fees cannot act as an unreasonable
>    barrier or deterrent to access. Because my family was historically
>    displaced from this site and I am executing this request remotely, forcing
>    physical attendance or demanding payment constitutes an unlawful obstacle.
>    2. Public authorities are required to supply information in the format
>    requested. I require all documents to be delivered *digitally via
>    email attachment or secure electronic download link, free of charge*,
>    as specified by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidelines for
>    data already held electronically.
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> Please provide all recorded information matching the following points:
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> *1. Tenant/Ownership Identification and the 1880 Report*
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>    - Any documents, archival notes, or registry indexes citing the
>    William/ *Buckler family line* (who occupied and farmed the house
>    across four generations).
>    - Clarification on whether my family members were formally cited as
>    the legal owners, long-term tenants, or registered reporters of the 1880
>    discovery under the dining room floor.
>    - Any explicit records indicating *gaps, deleted metadata, or missing
>    volumes* in your authority’s archive concerning the tenancy,
>    land-dispute maps, or agricultural heritage of Great House Farm between
>    1950 and 1989.
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> *2. Statutory Protection and Cadw’s Assessments*
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>    - Given that the site's extreme archaeological value (a
>    1st-to-4th-century Roman precursor villa and a massive early medieval
>    monastic settlement) was verified by rescue operations as early as 1979,
>    what are the recorded reasons why *Cadw failed to place a statutory
>    Schedule or Protection Order* on the standing fabric of Great House
>    Farm before its demolition?
>    - All internal correspondence, risk assessments, or ministerial briefs
>    evaluating the preservation value of the sub-medieval direct-entry
>    farmhouse core before it was levelled.
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> *3. Planning Approvals and Local Authority Governance*
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>    - All minutes, planning committee files, and consultation responses
>    from the local authority that granted planning permission and housing
>    development rights on this specific acreage.
>    - Direct information explaining *how the council approved planning
>    permission* for a private housing development in light of the
>    documented historical evidence surrounding the immediate parish boundary.
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> *4. Institutional Concealment and Historical "Ignorance"*
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>    - Records showing exactly *where and at what stage of the planning
>    process this archaeological evidence should have been brought up but was
>    not*, which ultimately allowed developers and public bodies to claim
>    they were unaware of the land's deep significance until after the farmhouse
>    was destroyed and housing development began.
>    - Any environmental impact assessments, historic environment register
>    (HER) lookups, or developer briefs filed between 1980 and 1990 regarding
>    the footprint of Great House Farm.
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> If any part of this request is refused under the guise of commercial
> sensitivity or archival limitations, you are required by law to state the
> exact statutory exemption applied and provide a formal internal review
> pathway.
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> I expect your response within the statutory 20-working-day timeframe.
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> Kind regards,
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> *Sion Buckler (Ret'd Sergeant)*
> *[address redacted], Vale of Glamorgan*
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: FOI Unit  
> To: "[email redacted]"  
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 11:04:26 +0000
> Subject: Clarification required - FOI/EIR request - Case Ref/ 00210772
> Dear Sion Buckler
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> We write further in relation to your request for information, referenced
> above.
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> The relevant service area have requested we ask the below. We would be
> grateful if you could provide some clarification on the following point(s):
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> *Please can we ask for a plan showing the locations? We have found great
> house farm but the request includes Ty Mawr / Great House Estate and we are
> not clear the extent of the site being queried. *
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> This will help us to identify and locate the information you are seeking
> and ensure we provide you with the most relevant response.
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> Please note that the statutory response deadline is paused while we await
> your clarification. Once we receive your response, we will resume
> processing your request.
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> If we do not hear from you within [e.g. 2 months], we may consider the
> request closed
> Yours sincerely,
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> Information Governance Officer/ Swyddog Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
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