Subject: Freedom of Information Request: Reference CAS-347296-M0V4Y1 CRM:007302424 From: FOI Requests Direction: received Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:47 UTC Institution: The National Archives Refs: CAS-347296 Archive id: gm-1a01f6ea24d7be5f ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Ret'd Sergeant Sion Buckler, Thank you for your enquiry of 13/08/2026 regarding a review of: We are handling your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. From our initial assessment it is clear that we will not be able to answer your request without further clarification. Under section 1(3) of the Act, a public authority need not comply with a request unless any further information reasonably required to locate the information is supplied. In order to progress your request, we require clarification on the scope of your request. The FOI Centre has received a request for the following: My request was deliberately framed more broadly than a simple catalogue search for the words “Great House Farm”, “Ty Mawr”, “Llandough” or “Cedfin”. I specifically asked The National Archives to identify recorded information concerning the existence, transfer, retention, destruction, disposal or absence of records, including records that might not be catalogued under the property's later or local names. Your response confirms only that you searched the PRO and RW series using: “Great House Farm” OR “Ty Mawr” OR Llandough OR Cedfin combined with “Glamorgan”, and that this produced no catalogue results. You also correctly state that Discovery searches catalogue titles and descriptions rather than the contents of records. That qualification is important, because it means the search described cannot establish that relevant records did not exist, were never transferred, or were destroyed. In particular, your response does not appear to address the other categories expressly identified in my request, including searches or recorded information relating to: * Western Ground Rents Ltd; * BP Pension Trust Ltd; * BP Properties Ltd; * Mountjoy Ltd; * the proceedings in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2; * the 1982–1983 registration and associated government or administrative records; * the 1980–1988 public campaign and governmental correspondence; * the 1988 eviction and demolition; * Cadw or central-government communications concerning the property; * European Commission of Human Rights Application 14464/88; * records concerning transfer, destruction or disposal of potentially relevant material; and * HMC9/311 or related archival references. These alternative lines of enquiry are intentional. The purpose is to establish whether relevant information can be identified through the government bodies, corporate entities, court proceedings, administrative processes and archival transfers associated with the property, rather than relying solely upon the modern name by which the property is known. I am conducting corresponding enquiries with other repositories and public bodies. This is specifically intended to triangulate the documentary history where records may have been catalogued under a different creator, department, legal proceeding, estate, corporate body or administrative function. I therefore ask that you do not treat the absence of a Discovery keyword hit as an answer to the substantive questions raised. Please clarify: 1. Whether the searches undertaken were limited to the PRO and RW catalogue series and the four property/location search terms identified in your email. 1. Whether The National Archives searched for the named corporate bodies, court proceedings and application references identified in my request, rather than only searching the property names. 1. Whether The National Archives holds any recorded transfer, accession, disposal, destruction or retention information indicating that records concerning the relevant property, estate, companies, litigation or government involvement were transferred elsewhere, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of. 1. If such information is not held, whether this is because no such records are held, because no relevant records were ever transferred to TNA, or because TNA's catalogue/search systems contain no discoverable description of them. 1. Whether HMC9/311 or related series have been checked, or whether that reference falls outside the search undertaken. 1. Whether there are central-government, court, departmental or administrative records relating to the litigation and entities identified above which may contain references to the property without using “Great House Farm”, “Ty Mawr”, “Llandough” or “Cedfin” in the catalogue description. For the avoidance of doubt, I am not asking The National Archives to infer the contents of uncatalogued records or to undertake an unlimited research project. I am asking for confirmation of the recorded information held by TNA concerning the existence, provenance, transfer, retention, destruction or disposal of potentially relevant records, and for the searches undertaken to locate that information. That distinction is particularly important because a catalogue search returning no result is not equivalent to a finding that no relevant historical, governmental or archival records existed. I would therefore be grateful if this could be reconsidered as a response to the scope of the original FOI enquiry rather than treated solely as a request for assistance with a Discovery keyword search. I am continuing parallel enquiries with the National Library of Wales, Glamorgan Archives, Cadw, RCAHMW, HM Land Registry and other relevant bodies. The purpose of these enquiries is to establish the documentary chain independently and to identify where records were created, transferred, retained or potentially destroyed. An acknowledgment email was sent on 17/08/2026, informing you we are handling your request under the FOI Act and that the request has been given a reference number: CAS-347296-M0V4Y1. Today (20/08/2026) we have received the following: I wrote to you on 12 August 2026 with a follow-up refining my earlier enquiry concerning National Farm Survey / MAFF records relating to Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan (Williams / Buckler family interest). I have not yet received a substantive reply to that follow-up and would be grateful for an update on progress and the expected timescale for a full response. In addition, please expand the scope of the search to include any records held relating to the Glamorgan War Agricultural Executive Committee (“War Ag” / CWAEC) and Great House Farm / the relevant land at Llandough, covering approximately 1936–1950 (with particular focus on 1939–1945). This should include, where held: Any orders, notices or decisions taking possession of, directing cultivation of, or otherwise requisitioning land forming part of Great House Farm (or the specific parcel now associated with Llandough Motor Sales / Llandough Trading Estate). Any compensation claims, assessments, payments or settlements under the Compensation (Defence) Act 1939 or related wartime legislation, including the identity of the recipient(s). Relevant minutes, correspondence or case files of the Glamorgan CWAEC concerning the farm or land in question. Any related material in the MAF series that links the National Farm Survey entries with wartime agricultural possession or compensation. I hold original documents recording compensation payments in connection with this land and am seeking to identify the wartime status of the holding and the party recognised as entitled to compensation. Please link this expanded request to the existing case reference CAS-344046-K1S1R2 so that the searches can be coordinated. Please can you clarify if the above (received on 20/08/2026) should be treated as clarification on the scope of your FOI request referenced CAS-347296 or a separate research enquiry about the collection. Please provide as much information possible as this will assist us in providing a more guided response and possibly assist you in getting the information you require. 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