Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
Forensic assessment · v1.1.0 · updated 1 November 2026
Translation pending: the assessment text below is in English, the authoritative record.
- Response status
- Not held / refused
- Last contact
- 29 October 2026
- Next date on file
- None on file
- Earlier version
- v1.0.0, published 21 October 2026 on the Legal Wiki
Since last assessment
14 October 2026 to 1 November 2026
Our reading: Since 14 October 2026, 1 emails are on file: 1 sent, 0 received (0 with content, 0 automatic acknowledgements). The response status is unchanged: “Not held / refused”. Most material: 29 October 2026, sent, clarification given: Further search terms for the 7 Jun 2026 EIR request on water-supply records: historical names for the farm. Nothing here changes the earlier current finding unless stated above; this is a log of contact, not a finding about any person.
- Sentclarification given
Further search terms for the 7 Jun 2026 EIR request on water-supply records: historical names for the farm.
The assessment as last published
Carried over unchanged from v1.0.0 (21 October 2026). Links point inside this site.
Assessed 14 October 2026. Scope: records-access involvement and one reported historic event. Inclusion is not a finding of fault.
Documented appearances
| Date | Appearance | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 (date not established) | [SOURCE PENDING] A water cut-off in 1988 is reported; no document or named speaker yet. The date and the party responsible are unestablished. | 1988: Possession and Demolition |
| 17 September 2026 | Family email to Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water. | Family correspondence |
| 29 September 2026 | Reply, mail reference 93047764/01. No substantive attachment. | Reply register R13 |
Current finding
As at 14 October 2026, the material reviewed does not establish wrongdoing by Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water. The reply’s content is not summarised in the register; it should be transcribed. The 1988 cut-off has not been attributed to any body.
Next step
Transcribe the 29 September reply and ask whether supply records, disconnection notices or customer files for the farm survive for 1988. Acceptance: a documented answer on whether and when the supply was disconnected, and on whose instruction.
Related
FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register · Event Nomenclature Register
Created 14 October 2026. Prepared with AI assistance from the wiki’s existing records, on the family’s instruction. Corrections are welcome and will be dated here.
Change history is maintained on the Master Change Log; no separate page-local version footer is maintained.
Case file
This file is built for a future reparations claim. Facts are as the records show them; interpretation is labelled “our reading”. Items marked “not checked” have not been compared with the original record.
(a) Conduct timeline
11 dated interactions, oldest first; 0 automatic acknowledgements are left out. Quotations are verbatim from the institution’s email; where the reply’s substance was an attachment, the email subject is quoted instead.
Show the timeline
| Date | Direction | Reference | Type | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2026 | sent | — | request | Subject: EIR Request - Historic Water Supply Records for Great House Farm, Llandough ([name]/Buckler, 1950s-1990s) |
| 20 June 2026 | sent | — | request | Subject: FOI: Great House Farm, Llandough |
| 1 August 2026 | sent | — | chase | Subject: Great House Farm, Llandough FOI |
| 11 August 2026 | sent | — | chase | Subject: Follow-up – Outstanding information request (Great House Farm, Llandough) – originally sent 20 June 2026 |
| 3 September 2026 | received | 92994223/01 | not held | As we do not hold any surviving records relating to the property, we are unable to confirm whether any request was made to disconnect the supply, who may have made such a request, whether supporting authority was provided, whether works were undertaken, or whether any associated correspondence… |
| 3 September 2026 | sent | 92994223/01 | request | Subject: Re: Welsh Water - Mail reference: 92994223/01 |
| 3 September 2026 | sent | — | other | Subject: Re: Welsh Water - Mail reference: 92994223/01 |
| 17 September 2026 | received | 93027237/01 | not held | Unfortunately, as no records relating to the property have been located, we do not hold any corresponding account information, customer records, deletion logs, or audit records that would enable us to confirm whether particular documents once existed or the circumstances in which they may have… |
| 17 September 2026 | sent | 93027237/01 | request | Subject: Re: Welsh Water - Mail reference: 93027237/01 |
| 29 September 2026 | received | 93047764/01 | not held | As no records have been located, we are unable to provide evidence of their historical existence, confirm whether they were ever held, or provide deletion logs, audit records, or other documentation that we do not hold. |
| 29 October 2026 | sent | — | clarification given | Subject: EIR Request - Historic Water Supply Records for Great House Farm, Llandough ([name]/Buckler, 1950s-1990s) |
(b) Inconsistencies and gaps
“Not held” answers set against the duty below
- 3 September 2026: “not held” answer (ref 92994223/01): States no records relating to the property or requester were located, citing 1980s demolition and standard retention periods.
- 17 September 2026: “not held” answer (ref 93027237/01): Reiterates no records relating to the property or requester were located and cannot confirm whether any records once existed.
- 29 September 2026: “not held” answer (ref 93047764/01): States position is unchanged, no further records located, and further enquiries on this property will not be answered.
Missed deadlines
- 3 July 2026: Statutory deadline 3 July 2026 for the request of 7 June 2026: missed (no reply by deadline).
(c) Quarantined-name links
Records on the quarantine register (Kissed Frogs) that sit in, or came from, this institution’s holdings. None is treated as settled.
- KF-18 · Family voice testimony; SC-22 — quarantined: may be a mislabelled Great House Farm (Llandough/Leckwith) record until a physical check.
- KF-20 · EV-0236 — quarantined: may be a mislabelled Great House Farm (Llandough/Leckwith) record until a physical check.
- KF-50 · Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, replies to FOI 2026-036 (5 and 7 Oct 2026); EV-0190 — quarantined: may be a mislabelled Great House Farm (Llandough/Leckwith) record until a physical check.
(d) Duty and liability — our reading
Liability indicators (our reading): some
- Duty
- Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (water undertakers are public authorities for EIR); Water Industry Act 1991 records of mains, easements and wayleaves.
- Indicators the duty was not met
- missed statutory deadlines; “not held” answers.
- Evidence still needed to confirm
- the institution’s retention schedule and disposal record for the series in question; the catalogue or file list it searched; the original items on the quarantine register; any internal review or complaint outcome.
- Likely extent of exposure if confirmed
- Limited to its records of apparatus and rights over the land; exposure depends on whether an easement or wayleave was recorded correctly.
(e) Evidence still needed
- Inspect the apparatus and wayleave plans for the site. for paid visit list
- View the original of KF-18 (Family voice testimony; SC-22) and check the place, parties and plan against Great House Farm, Llandough/Leckwith. for paid visit list
- View the original of KF-20 (EV-0236) and check the place, parties and plan against Great House Farm, Llandough/Leckwith. for paid visit list
- View the original of KF-50 (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, replies to FOI 2026-036 (5 and 7 Oct 2026); EV-0190) and check the place, parties and plan against Great House Farm, Llandough/Leckwith. for paid visit list
- Check, in person, the series that would hold what the 3 September 2026 answer covers. for paid visit list
- Check, in person, the series that would hold what the 17 September 2026 answer covers. for paid visit list
- Check, in person, the series that would hold what the 29 September 2026 answer covers. for paid visit list
Versions
| 1.1.0 | 2026-11-01 | Moved to the Forensic Assessments webapp; dated “Since last assessment” section added; response status re-read. |
| 1.0.0 | 2026-10-21 | As published on the Legal Wiki. |