1990 · 8 key events, newest first.
The London Gazette carried Welsh Office proposals to stop up parts of Old Barry Road, Llandough, under section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, for residential development; further notices followed in 1991 and 1997.
“Welsh Office proposals to stop up parts of Old Barry Road, Llandough”
… in Llandough and Leckwith from the Land Authority for Wales …
South Wales Echo, 11 September 1990 (British Newspaper Archive search-result text). Legal Wiki EV-0270.
Reservoir Wood (Llandough), Coed Sion Hywel, Coed Cwm Cydfin, Coed Creigiaidd, Coed y Stofer, Factory Wood and West Hill Wood: the seven woods the South Wales Echo reported passing to the county council from the Land Authority for Wales; 127 acres by the report of 7 November 1994.
South Wales Echo, 11 September 1990, p.9; 7 November 1994, p.11 (snippets; articles not opened). Legal Wiki EV-0270.
… The woodland was sold to the LAW by BP Pension Fund which owned it until 1988 …
South Wales Echo, 26 June 1990 (British Newspaper Archive search-result text). Legal Wiki EV-0270.
The Williams / Buckler family announces the passing of William (Billy) Buckler, formerly of Great House Farm, Llandough.
[FARMER] Billy died suddenly this week … [when] travelling through the area he made a detour around Llandough so never had to pass the site of Great House Farm
Probate calendar 1991: “BUCKLER, William Beverley … of [Penarth] S Glam died 29 April 1990”, administration Llandaff 11 July 1991 (a probable match; EV-0274). South Wales Echo, 2 June 1990, p.2 (EV-0290).
Outline permission 89/01396/OUT, condition
“no development shall take place until a field evaluation survey and archaeological assessment report has been carried out by a qualified archaeologist to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.”
… company chiefs are bidding [to] build homes on land where battling South Wales farmer Billy Buckler fought unsuccessfully to stop bailiffs evicting him … Great House Farm Llandough … a legal wrangle stretching back 33 years …
“No objection has been made by Llandough Community Council but they [… want?] the land registered as village green”
23 Feb 1990 · via South Wales Echo · sourceSouth Wales Echo, 23 February 1990, p.1 (British Newspaper Archive search-result text). Legal Wiki EV-0273.
South Wales Echo p.1: the community council “wanted the land registered” as a village green. The ground south-east of the farmhouse is registered as VG41.
South Wales Echo, 23 February 1990, p.1 (snippet only). Legal Wiki EV-0273; register of town or village greens (EV-0232).
Small print: dotted links explain a word (see the glossary); amber-shaded links list every name the records use for the same thing.
