MR-0029 Requested, Not Addressed
Licences or orders for the removal of human remains from the site (burials found 1989–1995)
Should exist. Not held.
Why: Statute (Burial Act 1857 s.25; Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981).
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Removing human remains needs a Home Office licence (Burial Act 1857, s.25), a faculty for consecrated ground, or the notices required by the Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981. The HER manager answered on 16 October 2026 that it holds nothing on this request, and on 28 October 2026 that any relevant information will be in the HER record; neither answer names a licence, faculty or notice.
Who should hold it: Ministry of Justice (successor to the Home Office burials function); Church in Wales; Vale of Glamorgan Council (planning conditions)
Date of the record: 1989–1995
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- 2026-10-16 · Heneb / Historic Environment Record (email reply): "The HER does not hold information relating to this request"
- 2026-10-28 · Heneb (formal complaint response, item 7): "Any relevant information will be contained in the HER record."
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What would fill this page: a copy of the record, or the holder's written confirmation of when and under what authority it was transferred or destroyed, with that record's reference.