July 2026 Highlight Report
Monthly Highlight Report — July 2026
Reconstructed report, backdated to month-end: see the backdating rule and carry-forward discipline.
| Measure | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| Reporting period | July 2026 |
| Recorded FOI / EIR / records-access activity | 7 event entries |
| Primary control state | Evidence recovery and verification |
| Project stage | Rolling programme — evidence, title, heritage, accountability, narrative and museum preparation |
1. Plan — month ahead
Use June’s expanded recovery programme to test the planning record and its completeness; open site-specific Museum requests; obtain the HMLR file schedule; continue Cadw review and public-authority escalation.
2. Performance — end of month
The month opened the museum records stream, produced the Vale planning-file response (whose completeness the family challenged), closed the Cadw review, and gave the project a documented HMLR schedule to test. Dated entries are in the table below.
3. Issues, Risks, Concerns
The planning file’s completeness became a high-priority issue. The HMLR 43-document schedule creates a measurable reconciliation task because the project can now test what survives rather than asking only whether a file exists. Museum FOI scope also needs careful drafting to avoid a site-specific question being narrowed to one archaeological object.
FOI / records-access timestamps
| Date / time | Matter | Control significance |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2026 | Family / Cardiff Council / Museum | Records request to Cardiff Council, copied to Museum Wales, concerning farm contents |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Vale of Glamorgan — EIR 00210772 | Planning-file response; completeness challenged by the family |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Museum Wales — FOI 2026-020 | Number assigned; request concerning furniture / household contents |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Museum Wales — FOI 2026-024 | Request concerning reported find beneath farmhouse floor |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Stephen Doughty MP | Complaint about handling of Great House Farm |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Cadw review | No further information |
| 30 Jul 2026 | HMLR | Schedule of 43 documents said to survive on the first-registration files |
4. Plan Moving Forward / Next Month
In August, reconcile the HMLR schedule against the claimed title chain; pursue Museum review and new-number handling; expand TNA search scope to corporate/litigation/transfer records; lodge the Wales Office FOI and prepare a central disclosure-gap matrix.
Page version & change log
Current version: 1.0.0
| Version | Date (UTC) | Editor (human or agent name) | Change | Source / evidence |
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| 1.0.0 | 2026-10-18T15:20Z | Tab (for Sion Buckler) | Footer standardised; no content change | Editing Protocol, 18 Oct 2026 |
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