EV-0239 — PENDING: TNA BD 28/177, verbatim record of the Glamorgan Development Plan inquiry, 19 Nov–11 Dec 1958 (catalogue entry; not yet read)
| EV ID | EV-0239 |
|---|---|
| Title | TNA BD 28/177: verbatim report of proceedings at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government public local inquiry into objections to the Glamorgan County Council Development Plan (Area No. 2), days 20–24 |
| Date of document | 19 November – 11 December 1958 |
| Type | public inquiry record (verbatim transcript) |
| Evidence label | CATALOGUE ENTRY (document not seen) |
| Repository / reference | The National Archives, Kew, BD 28/177. Catalogue: TNA Discovery C2133479. Part of the run of verbatim reports BD 28/172–190 (14 Oct 1958 – 8 May 1959, 70 days). |
| Status | PENDING — not yet read. Catalogue entry verified; the file itself has not been seen. |
| Provenance | Found by Tab’s research (cycle 14), 19 Oct 2026; catalogued by Tab at Sion Buckler’s request (“Just be sure evidence you find is catalogued”, 19 Oct 2026). |
| Related evidence | EV-0037 (Western Mail, 20 Nov 1958: Mrs M. D. Buckler’s “Crichel Down” complaint of 19 Nov 1958) · EV-0240 (inspector’s report on the Penarth town map and related files) · EV-0038 (Leckwith Common order, 1958) |
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Catalogue entry (verbatim): “1958 Nov 19-Dec 11 Verbatim report of proceedings at inquiry: days 20-24”.
The inquiry was sitting (verbatim): Hansard, Commons Written Answers, 18 Nov 1958, Mr H. Brooke (Minister of Housing and Local Government): “I understand that this information is being made available to Mr. Davidson this week, in response to the request he made on 6th November at the public inquiry into objections to the Glamorgan Development Plan.” (Hansard record). That answer concerns a different objector and does not mention Llandough, Ty Mawr or Buckler.
Later Hansard context (added 19 Oct 2026 debrief): Commons Written Answers of 3 Jun 1960, 7 Feb 1962 and 27 Jul 1962 record that approval of the second part of the Glamorgan development plan was delayed, and that the Area No. 2 modifications were still unpublished in July 1962 (summary of the answers as read; the 1962 answer refers to “the delay” causing inconvenience). None of these answers names Llandough, Ty Mawr or Buckler. Whether any of them is the Parliamentary discussion Branwen Buckler remembers is a hypothesis only; it could equally be the Leckwith Common order (EV-0038) or neither.
Why it matters: This volume starts on 19 Nov 1958, the day the Western Mail reports Mrs M. D. Buckler objecting to the industrial earmarking of land below Ty Mawr “under the new county development plan” (EV-0037). If she or anyone else raised Great House Farm at the inquiry, the verbatim record would hold what was said and the replies given.
Cuts against: The match is on dates only. The Western Mail says Mrs Buckler spoke to Glamorgan County Council’s planning committee, not to the Ministry inquiry. Whether she lodged a formal objection or appeared at the inquiry is SOURCE PENDING. Zoning land in a development plan was a lawful public process and is not in itself evidence of wrongdoing.
Proves: The National Archives holds a verbatim record of the Glamorgan (Area No. 2) Development Plan inquiry for 19 Nov – 11 Dec 1958.
Does not prove: That Great House Farm, Ty Mawr or Mrs Buckler appears in it, until the file is read.