Subject: Re: Great House Farm, Llandough  Request 00210772
From: Sion Buckler
Direction: sent
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:46 UTC
Institution: Vale of Glamorgan Council
Refs: 00210772
Archive id: gm-1a00198b4da13afc
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Information Governance Team,

I refer to the internal review of Case Ref 00210772 (Great House Farm / Ty
Mawr, Llandough) which I requested on 7 July 2026.

On 5 August 2026 you acknowledged that the matter remained outstanding
beyond the 20-working-day statutory period and stated that further
enquiries with service areas were ongoing. You indicated a further update
or decision would be provided.

As of the close of business on Friday 14 August 2026 no substantive
response or decision has been received.

This is a formal chase. The Environmental Information Regulations 2004
require that internal reviews be completed promptly and, in any event,
within a reasonable time. The delay is now significant.

Please provide the completed internal review decision within 5 working days
of this email (i.e. by close of business on Monday 24 August 2026).

If a full response is not received by that date I may escalate the matter
to the Information Commissioner’s Office for non-compliance with the
statutory timescales under the EIR, which I do not care to do.

Please also confirm, as part of the outstanding review or by way of further
disclosure under the same reference:

1. Whether the Council (as local planning authority) considered issuing a
Building Preservation Notice under section 58 of the Town and Country
Planning Act 1971 (or any equivalent provision) in respect of Great House
Farm at any time between July and December 1988.

2. If it was considered, who decided against it and on what grounds.

3. If it was not considered, why not, given that the building was under
active bailiff enforcement, partial demolition of outbuildings had already
occurred, and Cadw had publicly stated on 3 December 1988 that listing was
under active consideration.

A Building Preservation Notice would have provided interim protection at
the critical moment. Its absence is material to the internal review of the
original response and to the wider handling of the case.

Yours faithfully,

Sion Buckler (Ret'd Sergenant)
Royal Signals Cyber and Electronic Warfare Professional and Life Member
Williams/ Buckler Family Estate

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On Wed, 5 Aug 2026, 12:03 FOI Unit, <[email redacted]> wrote:

> Dear Mr Buckler
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>
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> We apologise for the delay in replying, for information further enquiries
> are being made with service areas in light of the concerns you have raised
> with the original response.  Those enquiries are not quite complete yet.
> We will write to you further by Friday 14th August 2026 with a further
> update.
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> Regards
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> Information Governance Officer/ / Swyddog Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
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> *From:* Sion Buckler <[email redacted]>
> *Sent:* 01 August 2026 16:23
> *To:* FOI Unit <[email redacted]>
> *Subject:* Great House Farm, Llandough
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> Dear Information Governance Team,
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> On 7 July 2026 I requested an internal review of the Council’s response to
> my Environmental Information Regulations request (Case Ref 00210772).
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> You acknowledged this on 10 July 2026 and stated you were reviewing my
> concerns and would be in touch further as soon as possible.
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> Over 20 working days have now passed with no further update or decision.
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> Please provide the outcome of the internal review, or a clear timescale
> for when it will be issued, within 5 working days.
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> Yours faithfully,
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> Sion Buckler (Ret'd Sgt)
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> [email redacted]
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