NPCC FOI 3204/2026: searches described

seeking personal names. 
 
NPCC Response: 
 
The NPCC does hold some information captured by your request.  
 
In relation to FOI Request 3156: 
 
Q1 – the NPCC does hold information. The search terms used were: 
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Great House Farm 
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Llandough 
 

 
 
 
Q2 – in relation to FOI request 3156, the NPCC does hold information. The repositories, archives, databases, 
systems, shared drives, email accounts or other sources searched were: 
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NPCC Shared drives 
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ChiefsNet 
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ACPO Archives  
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Folder named NPCC Counter Terrorism Coordination Committee 
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Records of the Association of Chief Police Officers 1856-2005 document 
 
Q3 - the business areas, teams or functions consulted – the NPCC can confirm information held and these were: 
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NPCC Crime Coordination committee 
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NPCC Business Support  
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Counter Terrorism Coordination Committee 
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NaCTSO 
 
Q4 - any search instructions, search logs, enquiry records, notes, or file notes recording searches undertaken 
 
The NPCC does not hold information captured by Q4. Outside of the act and as a gesture of goodwill, the NPCC 
has provided the information retrieval request which was sent to policing leads. Please see Annex B 
 
Q5 - any recorded results or conclusions from those searches.  
 
The NPCC does not hold information captured by Q5. In wishing to explain further, any results are captured via 
email, in which these have been disclosed to you by way of Q1-3 with policing leads responding.  
 
Q6 - any recorded enquiries concerning the custody, transfer, retention or disposal of potentially relevant records 
 
The NPCC does not hold information captured by Q6 
 
In relation to FOI Internal Review 3176 
 
The NPCC does not hold information for Q1-6.  
 
For more information on the exemptions and the risk of harm, please see Annex A below. 
 
Advice and Assistance 
 
The NPCC has considered its obligations under section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to provide 
advice and assistance. Given the nature of the request and the outcome of the enquiries undertaken, we have 
been unable to identify any further advice or assistance that would assist in clarifying, narrowing, or otherwise 
amending the request to obtain information within scope. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
NPCC FOI Officer 

 
 
 
 
www.npcc.police.uk 
 
COMPLAINT RIGHTS 
 
Right to Request an Internal Review 
 
We acknowledge your stated intention to pursue a complaint with the Information Commissioner in relation to 
these FOI responses and therefore on this occasion, it does not seem necessary or appropriate to handle a 
further Internal Review. Therefore, if you are dissatisfied with the way your request has been handled, please 
contact the ICO at Make a complaint | ICO www.ico.org.uk  
 
 
Annex A  
 
Legislation – Section 16 
 
(1) It shall be the duty of a public authority to provide advice and assistance, so far as it would be 
reasonable to expect the authority to do so, to persons who propose to make, or have made, requests 
for information to it. 
 
Annex B – information retrieval email  
 
 
Good Afternoon:  
 
NaCTSO 
CT CC 
Business Support re ACPO archives, committee papers, policy files. 
Crime CC 
 
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This email is a request for information retrieval of recorded information captured by the following NPCC 
FOI request, forwarded to you in your capacity as staff officer/representative to the NPCC policing 
lead/national unit or business area (NPCC lawful obligations attached).   
 
Please note that FOI seeks recorded information only, if you are answering a question based on 
knowledge/expertise only, please advise so that I can record and respond ‘no information held’ and ensure 
your response is provided as a gesture of goodwill, outside of the Act: 
 
To remove any further doubt, I now expressly request the following recorded information under the Freedom 
of Information Act 2000. 
 
A. 1988 operation 
 

 
 
 
- "SAS Style Operation" in ITV footage not published until 2025 - https://youtu.be/4GXmR7mAas0 
 
Any recorded information held by the NPCC, NaCTSO or any relevant NPCC function concerning the eviction, 
policing, security arrangements, occupation, enforcement of possession or demolition of Great House Farm, 
Llandough, South Wales, in 1988. 
 
This includes, where held: 
 
- operational orders or plans; 
- briefing material; 
- intelligence assessments; 
- incident or operational logs; 
- correspondence; 
- reports; 
- minutes; 
- debriefs; 
- photographs or other recorded media; 
- records identifying participating or supporting organisations; 
- records concerning the use or proposed use of specialist, armed, military or security personnel; 
- and records concerning liaison with other public authorities or private organisations. 
 
B. BP Properties Ltd v Buckler 
 
Any recorded information held concerning BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2, insofar as the case, 
the parties, Great House Farm, or the resulting possession/enforcement operation was considered by NPCC, 
NaCTSO, ACPO or any predecessor/successor national policing structure. 
 
I am particularly interested in any recorded material connecting the judgment with the subsequent 1988 
operation. 
 
C. Police and security involvement 
 
Any recorded information identifying, or describing the involvement of: 
 
- South Wales Constabulary; 
- South Wales Police; 
- ACPO or any ACPO committee, working group or national policing function; 
- specialist police units; 
- military personnel or military units; 
- private security companies, bailiffs or enforcement agents; 
- or any other police, security or government body 
 
in planning, intelligence, security, support or execution of the 1988 operation. 
 

 
 
 
I am not asking the NPCC to confirm that any particular allegation is true. I am asking whether records 
concerning these matters exist and, where not exempt, to communicate them. 
 
D. Predecessor and successor records 
 
I recognise that the NPCC did not exist in 1988. 
 
The relevant national predecessor organisation was the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), which 
existed from 1948 until 2015. 
 
I therefore request any recorded information held by the NPCC concerning: 
 
1. records inherited, transferred or otherwise acquired from ACPO which refer to the matters above; 
 
2. any ACPO committee, working group, national policing portfolio or other predecessor body which dealt 
with the relevant matter; 
 
3. any later NPCC or NaCTSO record which refers to, indexes, summarises, preserves, archives or otherwise 
records the existence of earlier material concerning the 1988 operation. 
 
I am not suggesting that NPCC or NaCTSO themselves conducted the 1988 operation. 
 
The purpose of this part of the request is to establish the chain of custody and present location of any 
surviving national policing records. 
 
E. Searches and record location 
 
If you conclude that no substantive records are held, please confirm whether the appropriate NPCC functions 
and repositories were searched, including the Counter Terrorism Coordination Committee and any relevant 
historical/predecessor record holdings. 
 
Please also confirm, where possible, whether relevant records were: 
 
- transferred to another police force; 
- deposited with a local or national archive; 
- transferred from ACPO to another body; 
- destroyed under a retention/disposal schedule; 
- or otherwise ceased to be held by NPCC. 
 
I am not asking you to create new information or conduct an investigation. I am asking for information that is 
already recorded, including records showing the transfer, retention or disposal of relevant records. 
 
The ICO's records-management guidance recognises the importance of records showing where information 
was transferred, archived or destroyed, including the applicable disposal arrangements. 
 

 
 
 
F. Correct authority / section 16 assistance 
 
If the NPCC does not hold the requested information, please say so expressly. 
 
However, pursuant to the section 16 duty to provide reasonable advice and assistance, please identify the 
public authority or archival body which you consider most likely to hold the relevant records. 
 
This is particularly important because the historical force structure is identifiable: the police force operating in 
the relevant area in 1988 was South Wales Constabulary, and South Wales Police's own Heritage Centre 
states that Glamorgan Archives holds records of South Wales Police and its predecessor forces. 
 
If you consider that another public authority holds the information, please tell me which authority and, where 
practicable, provide the relevant contact point or record repository. 
 
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On confirmation that all or part of the information is held by the NPCC, and the fees limit will not be 
exceeded and other considerations discounted; please retrieve the information and provide it to us 
together with any thoughts regarding its potential disclosure specifically raising concerns of any harm 
or risk if the information is released – including external attendees of meetings (names and 
organisations represented).  We can then identify any potential exemptions to engage based on your 
feedback. 
 
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I am unable to approach an external stakeholder for information retrieval in order to respond to this 
request (save for information held on behalf of the NPCC, for example MPS Finance / HR).  This is a 
national request for information held by the NPCC only.  Please do not refer this request to your force to 
respond. 
 
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If you feel that information captured by this request is also/may be held elsewhere within the NPCC, 
please advise and provide contact details. 
 
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Due to the time constraints of the legislation, I would appreciate a response no later than 15/09/2026.   
 
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Please provide any additional information that you would wish to be included within the response, 
outside of the Act if appropriate stating clearly that the information isn’t held and provided as a gesture 
of goodwill. 
 
Please do not hesitate to give me a call should you wish to discuss this further.