Highlight Report HR-2026-05

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Retrospective reconstruction, written in October 2026 from the dated records-access chronology and backdated to the end of the period. No formal highlight report was issued at the time.

Date

31 May 2026 (reconstructed)

31 May 2026 (reconstructed)

Period covered

1–31 May 2026

1–31 May 2026

Status summary

Cadw and HM Land Registry gave material responses, and major gaps remain: Cadw’s 1988 paper file is likely destroyed and HM Land Registry declined to rectify.

This reporting period

1 entries

Work packages

Pending authorisation

None this period.

In execution

  • Records access: correspondence with public bodies and archives (no work package was formally authorised before 19 October 2026). Dated events:
    • 21 May 2026 · Cadw Listed Buildings: farm and barn assessed and not listed in the 1988 survey; two photographs released; paper file quite likely destroyed
    • 25 May 2026 · HM Land Registry: stage-two complaint not upheld
    • 26 May–3 Jun 2026 · HM Land Registry: clarification requests and follow-up
    • 29 and 31 May 2026 · Office of the local MP: messages sent; the office later found no record of them and only automatic replies were sent (corrected 7 Oct 2026)

Completed in the period

None this period.

Products completed in the period

None this period.

Products planned but not started or completed in the period

None this period.

Corrective actions taken during the period

None this period.

Next reporting period

3 entries

Work packages (to be authorised, in execution, to be completed)

None this period.

Products to be completed in the next period

  • Lodge the formal Cadw ATISN request.
  • Continue HM Land Registry clarification and inspection.
  • Pursue Ministry of Justice and National Library records; use archive catalogues to find primary documents.

Corrective actions to be completed during the next period

None this period.

Project and stage tolerance status

Tolerances not yet agreed by the Project Board

No tolerances had been set; no Project Board existed for the period.

Requests for change

0 raised · 0 decided · 0 pending

Raised

None this period.

Approved or rejected

None this period.

Pending

None this period.

Key issues and risks

2 items
  • Cadw’s missing 1988 file and HM Land Registry’s refusal to rectify are high-value evidence gaps.
  • Correspondence with elected representatives is a separate support route and does not change the documentary record.

Lessons report (if appropriate)

None

No lessons report this period.

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