Subject: Internal review of 719/26 (no records held) and overdue request of 20 August 2026 — Great House Farm, Llandough, 1988
From: Sion Buckler
Direction: sent
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:17 UTC
Institution: South Wales Police
Refs: 719/26
Archive id: gm-1a0e115453ac927d
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Freedom of Information / Data Management Team,

Request 719/26, and my request of 20 August 2026 (deaths of William Buckler
and Mary Doreen Williams)

1. Internal review of 719/26

I understand the Force's position is that it holds no records. I ask for an
internal review of that conclusion, because the search does not appear
capable of finding what the request describes.

South Wales Constabulary officers were present at the eviction and
demolition at Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough, between 29 November
and 6 December 1988. This is not a matter of recollection. It appears in
ITV Wales footage from the time, now public on ITV's archive channel, and
in contemporary newspaper photographs and reports, which I can supply. A
police presence on that scale would have generated records: a duty or
deployment record, an operational order or briefing, an occurrence or
incident log, liaison with the Under-Sheriff or bailiffs, press office
material, and possibly photographs.

For the review, please confirm in writing:

(a) Which systems, archives and paper holdings were searched, including
pre-1990s paper records of the former Penarth/Barry division and any South
Glamorgan command records.
(b) The search terms used. Records of that period may be indexed under
"Leckwith Road", "Llandough", "BP Properties", "Buckler", "Williams", "Ty
Mawr", "eviction", "breach of the peace" or the date, rather than "Great
House Farm".
(c) Whether records of that type from 1988 were destroyed under a retention
schedule, and if so which schedule and whether any disposal record survives.
(d) Whether any records were transferred to Glamorgan Archives or the South
Wales Police Heritage Centre, with the reference if known.

If records were destroyed, a record of their destruction is itself
information I am asking for. If they are held elsewhere, please tell me
where, under your duty to advise and assist.

I was present at the eviction as a child. So far as any record contains my
personal data, please also treat this as a subject access request under
Article 15 UK GDPR.

2. Request of 20 August 2026

This request was due on 18 September 2026 and I have had no response beyond
the automatic acknowledgement. Please give me its reference and the
response. If the records are not held, please say whether they were
destroyed or passed to the Coroner.

If I do not receive the internal review outcome within 20 working days, I
will complain to the Information Commissioner.

Yours faithfully,

Sion Buckler (Ret'd Sergeant)
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