Subject: Great House Farm, Llandough — two questions for HM Land Registry (ref N610CGV)

From: Sion Buckler
Direction: sent
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:06 UTC
Institution: Member of Parliament
Refs: N610CGV
Archive id: gm-1a0baa224660ca61
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MP Doughty,

Further to my letter earlier, I would like to narrow what I am kindly
asking of you, and to correct one other thing.

My letter asked which document brought the former farmhouse and garden at
Great House Farm into BP Properties Limited's registrable estate. HM Land
Registry has in fact already answered that, and I should have acknowledged
it. Its letters of 23 March and 19 April 2026 identify a conveyance dated
19 November 1982 for title WA231076, and a conveyance dated 23 May 1975 for
title WA240304. I will apply to HM Land Registry directly, on form OC2, for
copies of those deeds and their plans. I am not asking you to obtain them
for me.

Two questions remain. Both concern inconsistencies within HM Land
Registry's own correspondence, rather than anything I am asserting. So that
you need not open any attachments, I have set out the relevant passages
verbatim in the annex below, with dates and authors.

1. The 1971 abstract of title. The letter of 19 April 2026 states twice
that an abstract of title dated 1971 was lodged with the applications. The
letter of 30 July 2026 sets out a complete schedule of the documents held
on both first-registration files — thirty items for WA231076 and thirteen
for WA240304 — and no abstract of title appears anywhere on either list.
Was the abstract lodged; does the list of documents lodged (item 17 on that
schedule) record it; and if it was lodged, what became of it?

2. The conveyance of 31 December 1969. Both operative conveyances recite
the same root of title: a conveyance dated 31 December 1969 between Western
Ground Rents Limited and The British Petroleum Pension Trust Limited. That
deed does not appear on the 30 July schedule either. Was it produced to the
registry at first registration; does the list of documents lodged record
it; and if it was not produced, on what evidence was the recital accepted
as establishing the root of title?

Both questions can be answered by examining a single document which HM Land
Registry confirms it holds and describes as open to public inspection. I am
not asking it to reopen BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2, to
determine ownership, or to revisit any decision it has made. A written
answer to those two questions is all I am seeking.

I can also withdraw one request from my earlier letter. I asked that the
surviving records be preserved; that is no longer necessary, as HM Land
Registry has confirmed the documents will remain on file.

My earlier request to meet you stands, but it is not pressing. These two
questions can be dealt with in writing.

Yours sincerely,

Sion Buckler

PS - see attached images. I purchased all deeds I could, but the primary
one is inaccessible for purchase as of today. I have raised this issue with
A.I.

ANNEX — VERBATIM EXTRACTS FROM HM LAND REGISTRY CORRESPONDENCE
All under reference N610CGV. Originals available on request.


A. Letter of 23 March 2026 — Lisa Griffiths, HM Land Registry Wales Office

"It appears Ty Mawr Farm was originally registered under two different
title numbers, WA231076 and WA240304. These two titles were amalgamated.
Title WA240304 was closed as a result of the amalgamation and the
registration continued under title WA231076."

"We received an application for registration on 30 Nov 1982. The
application was submitted by Linklaters & Paines of Barrington House, 59/67
Gresham Street, London, [postcode redacted], to register BP properties Limited of
Britannic House, Moor Lane, London, EC2 as proprietor. The land was
conveyed to BP Properties Limited by a Conveyance dated 19 Nov 1982 made
between (1) The British Petroleum Pension Trust Limited, (2) BP Trustees
Limited and (3) BP Properties Limited"

"We received an application for registration on 23 February 1983… The land
was conveyed to BP Properties Limited by a Conveyance dated 23 May 1975
made between (1) The British Petroleum Pension Trust Limited, (2) BP
Trustees Limited, (3) BP Properties Limited."


B. Letter of 19 April 2026 — Charlotte Takeuchi, Assistant Land Registrar
(stage one complaint response)

On the standard applied:

"In unregistered conveyancing, title is ultimately based on the estate
owner's right to be in possession of the land or to receive the rents and
profits of it. Showing a full documentary title commencing with a good root
of title that is at least 15 years old should normally establish this right
and is sufficient for land registration purposes."

On the abstract of title, in relation to WA231076:

"Our files show an abstract of title listed dated 1971 was lodged with the
application for first registration. This is effectively a summary of deeds,
documents and events which show a person's title to unregistered land."

On the abstract of title, in relation to WA240304:

"Again, our files indicate that we had sight of a copy of a 1971 abstract
of title."

On the root of title recited in the 19 November 1982 conveyance:

"The recitals clause (preamble) to that Conveyance states 'The Vendors are
seised in fee simple in the premises described in the First Schedule hereto
(hereinafter called "the premises") upon the Trusts referred to in a
Conveyance dated 31 December 1969 and made between Western Ground Rents
Limited of the one part and the Vendors of the other part..' It is clear
therefore that the applicant (BP Properties Limited) could show a good root
of title and that The British Petroleum Pension Trust acquired the land in
1969."

On the root of title recited in the 23 May 1975 conveyance:

"The recitals clause to that Conveyance states 'The Vendors are seised in
fee simple upon the trusts referred to in a conveyance dated the thirty
first day of December One thousand One hundred and sixty nine [sic] and
made between Western Ground Rents Limited of the one part and the vendors
of the other part.'"


C. Letter of 25 May 2026 — Harbinder Gill, Land Registrar (stage two, final
response)

"HM Land Registry operates a two-stage internal complaints procedure, and
this constitutes our second and final response. It is not possible to ask
anyone else in HM Land Registry to review the matter again."

"We will not be commencing the process of rectification or formally
referring the dispute."


D. Letter of 30 July 2026 — S. G. Haste, HM Land Registry Wales Office

"After an investigation of our files, we can confirm that the following
documents are available."

The letter then lists thirty documents held for title WA231076 and thirteen
for title WA240304. Item 17 of the WA231076 list reads:

"A13- DL-List of documents lodged with first registration"

Neither list includes an abstract of title of any date, nor a conveyance
dated 31 December 1969.

The letter concludes:

"We can confirm that all these documents are held on file and will remain
on file. They are all open to public inspection if require copies of them."
[sic]