EV-0273 — South Wales Echo, 23 February 1990, p.1: “company chiefs are bidding [to] build homes” on the Great House Farm land; Llandough Community Council made no objection but wanted the land registered as village green (snippet)
| EV ID | EV-0273 |
|---|---|
| Title | South Wales Echo, 23 February 1990, p.1: “company chiefs are bidding [to] build homes” on the Great House Farm land; Llandough Community Council made no objection but wanted the land registered as village green (snippet) |
| Date of document | 23 February 1990 |
| Type | newspaper report (search snippet) |
| Evidence label | SNIPPET ONLY (article not opened) |
| Repository / reference | South Wales Echo, 23 Feb 1990, p.1 (British Newspaper Archive search) |
| Status | SOURCE PENDING (snippet only) |
| Provenance | British Newspaper Archive search snippet, 20 Oct 2026 (WGR 1989–96 pass). |
| Related evidence | Outline application 89/01396/OUT (EV-0201) · EV-0214 |
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Quotation (verbatim): “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”.
Fits with: Falls between the outline application (received 8 Nov 1989) and the 13 March 1990 permission. Records the Community Council’s position on the site at the planning stage.
Cuts against: Snippet only: the OCR may splice in a neighbouring column. The council did not object to the housing.
Notes: Read the full page before relying on the wording.
Catalogued by Cedwyn editors, 20 Oct 2026, from research of 16–20 Oct 2026 (free online sources only).
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| Version | Date (UTC) | Editor (human or agent name) | Change | Source / evidence |
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| 1.0.0 | 2026-10-20T02:57Z | Cedwyn editors | Page created in the 20 Oct 2026 reconcile of research finds into the wiki. | Editorial review; research findings WGR 1989–96 pass |
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Interpretation: working hypotheses
Working hypotheses, kept apart from the record above. The record text on this page is unchanged. None of these is a finding: each line is labelled as inference, theory, a reading that cuts against the case, or a discarded theory, and names the evidence it rests on and what would confirm or refute it, so the reader can test it. Updated 25 Oct 2026 (v2: ingredients wording).
The Intercontinental sale motive
INFERENCE · S-01Records on the land's later use, set side by side. The 23 May 1975 conveyance reserved 80-year rights to build roads and sewers across the farmhouse plot "to serve any development of the Retained Land" (EV-0052). In Dec 1986 BP Properties granted a charge to Intercontinental Land & Development Co Ltd (EV-0251); S-02 records it as a commercial relationship, not a dealing with Llandough. In Oct 1988 the BP Pension Fund sold about 1,300 acres in South Wales to Intercontinental Land & Development (Cardiff) Ltd for £29,375,400 after a tender (EV-0093, EV-0270, record, press and company filings). Working hypothesis: a registered title made the land easier to sell for development. Nothing read so far ties the 1982–83 filings to that sale, and S-02 sets out why a pre-arranged sale was discarded.
Rests on: EV-0052 · EV-0093 · EV-0269 · EV-0270 · EV-0251 · research log E94, E127
Would be confirmed by: The Land Authority for Wales board papers (TNA WA 9/49) or the 1988 sale schedule showing Great House Farm in the package and reliance on the 1983 title.
Would be refuted by: A sale schedule excluding the farm, or evidence that the sale was conceived only after the 31 Jul 1987 judgment.
Status: Open (inference only)
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