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Objectives register
Re-scored every week from the measures the estate already keeps.
O1 · Launch the Llandough guided tour (Wales)
RED 10.4 · first review
Turn the nine-stop tour on /wales/ into tours people can book and walk: a walkable Llandough loop first, audio for every stop, a free booking path, partners and a pilot walk.
Owner: Programme Office (agent) delivers; Executive approves prices, dates and the guide · Project code P3 · plan page
Milestones
- DONE O1-M1 Nine-stop route and stop texts published in three languages · due 2026-10-25 · evidence
- DONE O1-M2 Gift-voucher pre-orders live (£25 / £45 / £90) · due 2026-10-20 · evidence
- IN PROGRESS O1-M3 Walkable Llandough loop (stops 1, 2, 3, 8, 9) timed, mapped and access-checked; drive/bus legs for stops 4-7 · due 2026-11-09
- NOT STARTED O1-M4 Audio guide for all nine stops (English and Welsh) on /wales/ · due 2026-11-30
- NOT STARTED O1-M5 Free date-based booking path that also redeems vouchers · due 2026-11-16
- IN PROGRESS O1-M6 Partner pitch pack and 3-5 company conversations opened · due 2026-11-23
- NOT STARTED O1-M7 Pilot walk with 8-12 guests and the first 5 written reviews · due 2026-12-12
- NOT STARTED O1-M8 Public launch with dated tours and listings · due 2027-03-27
Next three actions
- Record the nine stop texts as audio (English first) and add a player to each stop
- Prepare the partner pitch pack and drafts for the shortlisted companies (held for GO)
- Write a one-line promise for the tour and two test versions for the Wales page (proposal to the Wales section)
Blockers
- Who guides the pilot (a family guide or a qualified tour guide) and the insurance cover (Executive decision)
- Voucher codes are issued by hand until a payment-check key and a transactional email key are set (Executive decision)
- Tour prices and the first public dates (Executive decision)
Measures
| Measure | Now | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Gift vouchers sold | 0 | 10 count |
| Tour enquiries in the CRM | 0 | 20 count |
| Stops with audio | 0 | 9 of 9 |
| Partner conversations open | 0 | 3 count |
| Pilot guests walked | 0 | 10 count |
Score 10.4: milestones 0.375, measures 0.0, momentum 0.333, Executive-only blockers 3.
Plan log
| Date | Action | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2026 | T11 The manor of Llandough before Bute (1272, the Leckwith grant, 1393, 1544-45, 1586). Next: add the manor history to the Wales tour and the nomenclature entries; catalogue Cardiff Records vol. 1, Clark, Birch and DCNS/CORB/18/5 (proposed EV-0655 to EV-0658); the 1544-45 rental stays a lordship record unless it names the holding; the transcript read is an archive visit (Executive decision). | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/wales/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/nomenclature/c/llandough/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/nomenclature/c/leckwith/ |
O2 · Land and museum in southern Argentina (Cedwyn Estate II)
AMBER 39.6 · first review
Find a lawful, affordable route to a site for the Great House II replica and museum in Chubut, build relationships with Welsh Patagonia institutions, and open the virtual museum first.
Owner: Programme Office (agent) researches; Executive decides any land, money or legal step · Project code P1 · plan page
Milestones
- DONE O2-M1 Museum proposition and scope written · due 2026-10-22 · evidence
- DONE O2-M2 Patagonia half of Cedwyn live with enquiry form (coming soon) · due 2026-10-26 · evidence
- DONE O2-M3 Institution map of Welsh Patagonia and a listening-first contact plan · due 2026-11-16 · evidence
- DONE O2-M4 Land-route memo: buy, lease, partner, concession, foundation; foreign-ownership and coastal rules · due 2026-11-23 · evidence
- NOT STARTED O2-M5 Desk shortlist of three search areas with GIS screen · due 2026-12-14
- NOT STARTED O2-M6 Virtual museum room on Cedwyn (objects traced, artist's impressions tagged) · due 2027-01-31
- NOT STARTED O2-M7 Options paper for the Executive (viable, desirable, achievable) · due 2027-02-28
Next three actions
- Specify the virtual-museum 3D model of the house from the 1974 survey drawings
- Draft listening-first introductions to two cultural bodies (held for GO)
- Ask a Chubut lawyer for a scoped feasibility quote (held for GO; no spend)
Blockers
- No local legal adviser yet; land rules need written local advice (Executive decision)
- No budget approved for feasibility (Executive decision)
- Spanish copy needs a native review
Measures
| Measure | Now | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Institutions mapped | 11 | 12 count |
| Land routes assessed | 6 | 6 count |
| Relationships opened | 0 | 3 count |
| Patagonia enquiries | 0 | 10 count |
Score 39.6: milestones 0.571, measures 0.479, momentum 0.333, Executive-only blockers 2.
O3 · The evidence chronology
AMBER 58.8 · first review
One cited chronology from 1667 to today, every entry linked to a record, with a register of records that should exist but have not been produced.
Owner: Intelligence and research flywheels deliver; Programme Office tracks · Project code P2
Milestones
- DONE O3-M1 Chronology rule applied site-wide (1824 survey is the first record naming the house) · due 2026-10-26 · evidence
- DONE O3-M2 Catalogue of artifacts and citations searchable in one database · due 2026-10-26 · evidence
- IN PROGRESS O3-M3 Missing-records register with catalogue IDs (MR-####) · due 2026-11-02
- IN PROGRESS O3-M4 Pending subject-access and information replies received and catalogued · due 2026-11-13
- IN PROGRESS O3-M5 Normalised events table and repeatable analyses published · due 2026-11-09
Next three actions
- Catalogue every reply that arrives before each deadline
- Publish the missing-records index
- Re-run the interval and sequence analyses on the new events table
Blockers
- A password-protected police disclosure file cannot be opened (Executive decision)
Measures
| Measure | Now | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Artifacts in the catalogue | 11767 | 12500 count |
| Citations in the catalogue | 18720 | 20000 count |
| Missing-record pages | 46 | 25 count |
Score 58.8: milestones 0.7, measures 0.959, momentum 0.0, Executive-only blockers 1.
Plan log
| Date | Action | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2026 | T3 Two-parcel reading tested (A: house parcel, B: top fields). Next: publish the test with what cuts against; records to seek: the 1955 Order 14 sealed order and affidavit with plan, the 1916 tenancy plan, all pages of DBDT/123/7 (archive read is an Executive decision). | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/nomenclature/c/parcel-a/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/nomenclature/c/parcel-b/; EV-0023; GHF-E126 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T4 Mountjoy Ltd as the 1938 grantor; the company existed by 1923. Next: publish on the title chain; catalogue DBDT53/2 (proposed EV-0659) and DBDT/124/4 (proposed EV-0660, Llanharan); await the 1938 deed replies (HM Land Registry, Cardiff Council, Glamorgan Archives). | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/title-chain/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/nomenclature/; GHF-E121; EV-0216; EV-0614 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T5 Alfred Thomas, Lord Pontypridd, died 14 Dec 1927. Next: add the 1927-28 rows; catalogue the 1928 probate calendar entry (proposed EV-0681); clear a non-standard status label from the live EV-0284 page. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/timeline/; EV-0284; EV-0016 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T6 The 1961 deed, woodland A1 and the Leckwith Woods gift of 1940-42. Next: publish on the woodland page; catalogue South Wales Echo, 7 Nov 1994 (proposed EV-0662); seek a copy of the 1961 deed. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/wiki/woodland/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/land-registry-titles/; EV-0040; GHF-E129; EV-0220; EV-0169 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T8 Directories of 1865-66 name Bute as owner of the soil (cuts against). Next: add the Webster 1865 and Harrod 1866 rows to EV-0225 and the cuts-against line on the title chain; open the page images. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/title-chain/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/timeline/; EV-0225 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T9 The Times law report, 13 Aug 1987. Next: catalogue as proposed EV-0661; add to the press archive transcripts; open the page image to confirm the OCR readings. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/bp-properties-v-buckler/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/evidence-library/press-archive-transcripts/; EV-0080 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T10 How the textbooks report the case. Next: add a "How the case is taught" section; catalogue the eight texts (proposed EV-0671 to EV-0678) and the two case notes (proposed EV-0679, EV-0680); try to read [1994] Conv 196. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/bp-properties-v-buckler/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/authorities/ |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T12 Hurst and Jones half-shares; the release to Bute of 11 Jan 1793. Next: correct any "chief rents only" reading of 1793; catalogue items 82-83 and the 1800, 1813 and 1817 DART/W items (proposed EV-0648 to EV-0652); the 1793 schedule is the next record to read (archive visit, an Executive decision). | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/title-chain/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/timeline/; MR-0061 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | A1 Directory lines 1865-1914 for John Williams at Great House. Next: add the 1865, 1866 and 1914 rows to EV-0225 (1868, 1875 and 1880 are already there); check the 1914 column against the page image. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/timeline/; EV-0225 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | A2 Leckwith manorial rents, 1935 (Bute estate file). Next: catalogue DB/M/14-19/16 (proposed EV-0653) and DB/M/10-13 as a negative screen (proposed EV-0654); reading the file is an archive visit (Executive decision). | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/sources-and-archives/; evidence catalogue |
| 1 Nov 2026 | A3 1923: Bute land beside the Llandough Hospital site. Next: catalogue the Building item (proposed EV-0663); then the Guardians' minutes and the conveyance plan (catalogue search only). | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/title-chain/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/timeline/ |
O4 · E-book sales and revenue
AMBER 30.7 · first review
Grow a mailing list and turn readers into buyers: a working signup, a free reader magnet, short books people finish, and one weekly email.
Owner: Bizdev, sales-fix and growth flywheels deliver; Programme Office tracks · Project code EBK
Milestones
- DONE O4-M1 Shelf of 10 books with free first editions · due 2026-10-26 · evidence
- IN PROGRESS O4-M2 Signup works without scripts on every page · due 2026-10-27
- NOT STARTED O4-M3 First sale · due 2026-11-09
- NOT STARTED O4-M4 100 confirmed subscribers · due 2026-12-31
- DONE O4-M5 A short, finished e-book (tour companion) ready for publishing · due 2026-11-02 · evidence
- NOT STARTED O4-M6 10 sales in a calendar month · due 2027-02-28
Next three actions
- Verify the signup fix end to end
- Number the shelf as one series and add the Tour Companion to the series list (proposal page)
- Pair each tour voucher with the free companion edition
Blockers
- Prices and new paid titles need the Executive's GO (Executive decision)
Measures
| Measure | Now | Target |
|---|---|---|
| E-book sales (to date) | 0 | 10 count |
| Revenue (GBP, to date) | 0.0 | 100 GBP |
| Confirmed subscribers | 1 | 100 count |
| UK page views per day | 59 | 300 per day |
Score 30.7: milestones 0.417, measures 0.052, momentum 0.667, Executive-only blockers 1.
O5 · Case reopening (conditional gate)
RED 13.8 · first review
Keep testing grounds against the legal test and hold the gate closed until preserved records, material relevance, written independent legal advice and the Executive's written authority are all in place.
Owner: Reopen-loop and research flywheels test the grounds; the Executive and independent counsel decide · Project code P4 · plan page
Milestones
- DONE O5-M1 Gate conditions published · due 2026-10-22 · evidence
- DONE O5-M2 Grounds scored each cycle against the fixed legal test · due 2026-10-26
- NOT STARTED O5-M3 Every limb of the leading ground at 4 or more (court-readiness bar) · due 2027-01-31
- NOT STARTED O5-M4 Independent written legal advice obtained · due 2027-01-31
- NOT STARTED O5-M5 Executive's written decision at the gate · due 2027-02-28
Next three actions
- Read the sworn statement filed with the 1974 leave application (next experiment)
- Decide whether to take internal review IR/26/16 to the Information Commissioner
- Look for the 1938 mortgage and its discharge in the title papers when they arrive
Blockers
- Independent legal advice not yet instructed (Executive decision)
- Regulator escalation decision on IR/26/16 (Executive decision)
Measures
| Measure | Now | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Limbs of the leading ground at 4+ (legal test has 4 limbs) | 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Open information requests with a deadline | 23 | 0 count |
Score 13.8: milestones 0.4, measures 0.125, momentum 0.0, Executive-only blockers 2.
Plan log
| Date | Action | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2026 | T1 1983 farmhouse registration and the 15-year root standard. Next: read the Form 1C declaration (EV-0063) and obtain the 1983 solicitor's certificate wording; correct GHF-E132 and EV-0045 to the words of the HM Land Registry letter of 19 Apr 2026; publish once the build freeze lifts. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/land-registry-titles/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/projects/reopen-triggers/ (R-RV1); GHF-E132 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T2 Reverse chronology, 1987 back to 1928. Next: add the reverse-chronology section to the timeline after the freeze; keep R-RV2 scored as our case, prospective. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/timeline/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/bp-properties-v-buckler/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/projects/reopen-triggers/ (R-RV2); EV-0080; GHF-E126 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T7 Twelve-year clocks. Next: publish the five-clock table with the clustering test and the points against, as our case, prospective. | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/twelve-year-pattern/; EV-0617; EV-0039 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | T13 Record holders for three missing records (the agent, petty sessions, VG41). Next: add the holders to the missing-records register; catalogue the Knapp references, PSD/79-84, G/D/C and S/D/CH (proposed EV-0665 to EV-0670); reading the registers is an archive visit (Executive decision). | cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/missing-records/; cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate/research/mary-williams-statement/; EV-0028; EV-0044 |
Programme Office flywheel · reviewed weekly · last review 2026-10-26 · maintained by an agent of the estate. Our case is prospective; nothing here is a finding of any court or legal advice.