Subject: Acknowledgement from the Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
From: Pwyllgor Diwylliant, Cyfathrebu, y Gymraeg a Chwaraeon - Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Direction: received
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:58 UTC
Institution: Senedd
Refs: ATISN27021
Archive id: gm-19ff079027ee0614
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Dear Mr Buckler,

Thank you for your correspondence and for sharing the forensic review of Cadw's 1988 assessment of Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Llandough. I acknowledge the strength of feeling expressed in your letter and recognise the longstanding concerns that you and your family have raised.

The Committee’s role is to scrutinise the work of the Welsh Government and associated public bodies, including holding ministers and public authorities to account for their policies, administration and use of public resources. However, the Committee does not have a remit to investigate, adjudicate upon, or oversee individual complaints or dispute. Nor does it have the powers to reopen historical decisions or direct public bodies to undertake investigations into specific matters.

The Committee is therefore unable to take on an oversight role in relation to the issues you raise or to intervene in these matters.

The matters you raise appear principally to concern the actions and decision-making processes of Cadw in relation to a specific historical assessment. Cadw are responsible for responding to requests for information about their records and decision-making processes, and for considering any representations made regarding the accuracy or completeness of the historical record.

Thank you again for writing to the Committee.

Kind regards,

Haidee

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Haidee James[cid:image002.png@01DD2983.C251FAB0]
Ail Glerc, Pwyllgor Diwylliant, Cyfathrebu, y Gymraeg a Chwaraeon, Senedd Cymru
Second Clerk, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee, Welsh Parliament
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From: Sion Buckler <[email redacted]>
Sent: 10 August 2026 22:46
To: [email redacted]
Cc: [email redacted]; [email redacted]; DOUGHTY, Stephen <[email redacted]>
Subject: Re: CADW failures – Revised Report (10 August 2026)

Sirs/Ma'ams,

I write further to my email of 9 August 2026 submitting a review concerning Cadw’s 1988 assessment of Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Llandough.

Please find attached (and linked below) a revised edition of the report, dated 10 August 2026. This version has been carefully restructured to present the same evidence in a more measured and administratively focused form. It is offered as a request for historical record correction, archival explanation, and administrative acknowledgement rather than as a forensic challenge.

The revised document:

• Clearly states what it is and is not;
• Sets out the surviving independent evidence (principally the H.J. Thomas RCAHMW survey of 1974);
• Notes the near-total absence of Cadw’s 1988 working papers confirmed in ATISN 27021;
• Asks only for realistic, achievable administrative steps: explanation of the archival position, reflection of the surviving evidence in the Historic Environment Record, acknowledgement of the records gap, and consideration of a local heritage marker.

It does not claim unlawfulness, seek compensation from Cadw, or demand a public inquiry.

I hope this revised presentation is more palatable and will assist the relevant bodies in providing a constructive response.

I look forward to your substantive response.

Regards,

Sion Buckler (Ret’d Sgt)
Royal Signals
Cyber and Electronic Warfare Professional and Life Member
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