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Ideal Homes Wales

Ideal Homes Wales

Body · developer of Church View Close

8 posts · 1993–1994 · 9 friends

About The housebuilder that bought the Great House Farm site from BP on 3 December 1993 and built the 20 houses of Church View Close.

The housebuilder that bought the Great House Farm site from BP on 3 December 1993 and built the 20 houses of Church View Close. Its planning drawings of 1994 title the site “Llandough Farm” and mark the “LLANDOUGH VILLAGE GREEN … to be maintained by LLANDOUGH COMMUNITY COUNCIL”.

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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales3 mutual friendsCotswold Archaeological Trust3 mutual friendsGGAT (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust)3 mutual friendsSt Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough3 mutual friendsThe woodland north of the house2 mutual friendsBP Properties Ltd1 mutual friendChurch View Close and the green (VG41)1 mutual friendForest of Cardiff1 mutual friendLlandough Community Council1 mutual friend

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Forest of Cardiff added a life event with The woodland north of the house with Ideal Homes Wales
· Record entry

Transfer of the woodland to Forest of Cardiff, title WA735527

The register for WA735527 records a transfer with plan to Forest of Cardiff dated 10 November 1994 (land tinted blue and pink). The deed and plan have not been obtained; price, consideration and which parts are the 1955 north forest are not established.

The woodland north of the house and 1 other
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HM Land Registry, title WA735527 (register, September 2026); Legal Wiki EV-0136 (deed pending).

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Cotswold Archaeological Trust posted with Ideal Homes Wales with GGAT (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust)
· Excavation

Excavation north of St Dochdwy’s, Great House Farm

via the Heneb Historic Environment Record, GGAT02272s

“Excavation of an area of 0.22ha immediately to the north of the church of St Dochdwy was undertaken on behalf of Ideal Homes Wales following an earlier evaluation by Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust in 1990”
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👍 3 Ideal Homes Wales, GGAT (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust), Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

“Should any artefacts be placed on display in any museum, then Ideal Homes Wales Ltd. should be acknowledged as the donor.”

👍 · 28 Jul 1994 · source
Source

EV-0293 · the 1994 excavation records · EV-0900 · archaeology 1990–1994

Ideal Homes Wales added a life event with St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough with Cotswold Archaeological Trust
· Record entry

Finds from the cemetery excavation donated to Museum Wales

The remains from the 1994 excavation north of St Dochdwy’s, recorded under the site name “Great House Farm, Llandough”, are donated to Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales (accession 95.56H): “Ideal Homes Wales Ltd. should be acknowledged as the donor”. The Historic Environment Record notes the excavation was carried out “on behalf of Ideal Homes Wales”.

St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough and 2 others
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Amgueddfa Cymru accession 95.56H; Heneb HER GGAT02272s. Legal Wiki EV-0293.

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Ideal Homes Wales added a life event with Church View Close and the green (VG41) with Llandough Community Council
· Record entry

“Llandough Farm”: village green planting plan

Planning drawing received: the site titled “Llandough Farm”; the “LLANDOUGH VILLAGE GREEN … to be maintained by LLANDOUGH COMMUNITY COUNCIL”. Ideal Homes Wales had bought the site from BP on 3 December 1993; the 20 houses of Church View Close followed.

Church View Close and the green (VG41) and 1 other
Source

Legal Wiki EV-0133, planning drawings, Ideal Homes Wales, 1994; name variations page.

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GGAT (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust) posted with Ideal Homes Wales
· Public statement

GGAT to the council, on condition 18

“a Breach of Condition notice is issued immediately”
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👍 1 GGAT (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust)

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“has been discharged and that the approval of the detailed plans and the notice issued by your council are decisive as to that”

👎 · 4 Feb 1994 · The developer’s agent to the council, citing counsel’s opinion that condition 18 · source
Source

Planning file 92/00671, archaeology responses pp.1–2 (Legal Wiki EV-0900)

Small print: dotted links explain a word (see the glossary); amber-shaded links list every name the records use for the same thing.