This digest is in the form of notes about each meeting of the Parish Council and about each Annual and Special Parish Meeting since the Council was formed in 1894. The notes give the date of each meeting and a serial number to each for future reference.

23/11/1964 C 10
To discuss details of Church Hall take-over

14/12/1964 PC 656
Held in the Church Hall
Mainly on hall.
Reinstatement after drainage still a problem.
DC Committee had resolved to fill in the pond despite PC resolution.
Ricketts Hill to Kemsley Road footpath NOT a public right of way.
Call for DC and Orpington RDC to cooperate over vehicles and breakers yard at the Hermitage.
Residents’ Association call for land for children’s playground

6/1/65 C 11, 12, 13, 14
To discuss details of Church Hall take-over
Meetings also held on: 9/3/1965, 2/8/1965,13/5/1966

18/1/1965 PC 657
Hall transfer
No action proposed on FP from Lusted Hall Lane to Furze Corner
Caravan site appeal adjacent the Hermitage had been lost
Rent still being paid for seat on Church Hill

15/2/1965 PC 658
Hall transfer
Talk of a roundabout for the top of Titsey Hill
Southern Homesteads suggest for “Rag Hill Park” for new development. PC suggest “Rag Hill Close”.
Discussion about claiming derelict land
Cottage at the corner of Crossways and Greenway “insecure” - Mr Evans of Ledgers Farm to secure.

15/3/1965 PC 659
Shaw resigns
Hall transfer
Roads had been kept open in the snow

22/3/1965 PM 109
25 people attended
Crossways flooding; PC meetings had often gone beyond midnight over hall transaction; work to begin soon on toilet block; now need to decide on purchase option; mains water now available in Ninehams Road and Johns Road - Kemsley Road and Parkwood Road next? Main drainage laid in Ricketts Hill, Paynesfield Road and Greenways; Ship Hill footpath started and talks with SCC on similar footpath for Ricketts Hill Road; possibility of hot water in school toilets; reinstatement of Paynesfield Road still a problem; complaints about radio reception

29/3/1965 @ Greenway Cottage meeting with SCAPTC

26/4/1965 PC 660
at the Village Hall
Hall transfer
Little take up of mains water idea for Kemsley Road - cost. 7 residents of Parkwood Road interested.
Call for weight limit for vehicles on Rag Hill
Concern about smallness of gardens in new houses in Westmore Road and Paynesfield Road next to Ashdown
School working on local history
Miss Knight retiring after fifteen years

3/5/1965 PM 110
18 parishioners attended + PC
To approve a Ł600 precept to improve village hall - 20 in favour, none against.

24/5/1965 PC 661
Elected
Cooke
Gilmour
Hallam
Horney
Jupp
Softley
Mrs Softley
Hallam Chairman
Agreed to pursue purchase of village hall but to extend time for the option
Goats killed allegedly by guard dogs under training in George’s Road

21/6/1965 PC 662
Hall transfer
Scheme to improve B2024 being prepared
Guard dog training causing problems in Georges Road and Maesmaur Road

19/7/1965 PC 663
Hall transfer
Agreed to exercise option to buy the village hall

20/9/1965 PC 664
Hall transfer
Mr Longley building in Greenways
Was there permission for metalled road across Westmore Green to Middle South and Crane Cottage?

18/10/1965 PC 665
Government restrictions delaying purchase of hall

15/11/1965 PC 666
Hall transfer
Ten minute public interval to be split into two public “Five Minutes”

13/12/1965 PC 667
Hall transfer
Guard dogs from Maesmaur Road kennels escaping

17/1/1966 PC 668
Agreed to apply for Ł3000 loan to purchase hall
Mr Jupp asked to report on enforcement at rear of Manara

21/2/1966 PC 669
Hall loan resolved

16/3/1966 PC 670
Hall transfer
Further complaints about reinstatement after second phase of main drainage scheme

16/3/1966 PM 111
24 parishioners
Extension and purchase of the village hall had been dominant; purchase expected within months; concern about increase of traffic at Old Lane garage - Mr Mayes had retired in 1964 after 45 years; lack of policing and hooliganism

21/3/1966 PC 671
Hall transfer
86 people had signed a petition to Surrey Police about hooliganism
Resolution passed expressing disquiet at lack of co-operation with DC
Appeal over refusal for 18 bungalows at Mayfield - Mr Fuller

18/4/1966 PC 672
Hall transfer
Working starting soon on Stock Hill, Sunningvale Avenue and Polesteeple Hill
Residents’ Association dissatisfied with the way PC is dealing with DC
Meadow View in Goatsfield Road “being used as a dump”

29/4/1966 C 14
To discuss planning application for 14.1 acres Paynesfield Road and Ship Hill

13/5/1966 C 15
To discuss future management of hall

13/5/1966 meeting with DC and Highways
No details minuted.

23/5/1966 PC 673
Hall transfer
Manara enforcement order had been served.
Hallam Chairman

23/5/1966 C 16

NB: Village Hall Management Committee meetings minutes are included in the PC Minute Book but are not noted in this digest from this point.

20/6/1966 PC 674
Hall transfer
Mayfield, Ricketts Hill Road permission refused.

18/7/1966 PC 675
Hall transfer
Dumping at Meadow View, next to Rose Cottage in Goatsfield Road.

19.9.1966 PC 676
Hall transfer
Submission to Local Government Review suggests: “That elected members of the Rural District Council should be replaced so that the Rural District Council becomes an executive committee consisting of representatives of the Parish Councils. Each Parish Council to nominate one or more members pro rata to the electorate”.
SCC seeking CPO powers to widen B2024

17/10/1966 PC 677
Hall transfer
Public five minutes changed to twice public ten minutes
Esso representative attended to hear strong criticism about arrangements for drilling for gas in Rag Hill.

(Hall Management Constitution discussed in committee on 24/10/1966)
21/11/1966 PC 678
Hall transfer
No gas found in Rag Hill drilling
Middle South occupier to be asked not to park on the Green.

12/12/1966 PC 679
Hall transfer complete
Main drainage complaints from Greenway
Meetings to be held on the second Monday of the month in future

9/1/1967 PC 680
Appeal against Manara enforcement order dismissed

13/2/1967 PC 681
Clackett Green Westmore Green and Tatsfield Green to be registered as commons
Decision not to enter “Best Kept Village” contest
Resolved “That the sum of Ł50 plus legal costs be offered to Sanders & Co for Plot 7a land to be used as an open space and dedicated to the late Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas”.

13/3/1967 PC 682
Little of note

15/3/1967 PM 112
30 parishioners
Old Lane Garage under new ownership since 1966 / Hall had been purchased in August 1966 / New Social Club formed / detailed report from Hall Management Committee /

10/4/1967 PC 683
Complaints about development on Ship Hill

8/5/1967 PC 684
Problems with reinstatement after main drainage work in Crossways, Greenway and Ricketts Hill Road
Clerk investigating origins of Tatsfield Greens Fund - 1925
Land purchase authorised

22/5/1967 PC 685
Hallam Chairman
meeting ended at 8.22 p.m.

12/6/1967 PC 686
Query over whether school could cope with Ship Hill/Paynesfield Road development
Tatsfield Greens Fund had been started to finance provision of seats

10/7/1967 PC 687
Sub-committee formed to deal with lighting
PC suggest Ship Field Close as name for new road

11/9/1967 PC 688
Purchase of land parcel SY64810 formally approved

9/10/1967 PC 689
Further strong protest to DC about condition of Crossways after drainage work
Similar problem with Westmore Road unmade section
Residents’ association query development at the Bakery

13/11/1967 PC 690
Talk of extending Old Ship car park
Vehicles dumped in Hillside Road should be on Bromley side of the border
PC refuse permission for Horticultural Society hut behind hall

11/12/1967 PC No quorum - no meeting

8/1/1968 PC 691
Dog fouling an issue

12/2/1968 PC 692
Dumped vehicles being removed from Hillside Road by DC under new powers
Village Hall constitution

11/3/1968 PC 693
Surrey is willing to adopt roads brought up to standard by residents
Nurse Longley about to retire
Discussion of possibility of a car park behind the Bakery or the Post Office

13/3/1968 PM 113
24 parishioners
Lighting would cost Ł12,000 / Hall kitchen had been refitted / new headmaster, Mr Hillier / Mr Farmer wants centre of the village to be developed according to a plan / some tickets left for 3rd Annual Dinner in the village hall

8/4/1968 PC 694
Sports centre being sought - close to village hall
Eight caravans at Concord site - six authorised
Two caravans at rear of Manara despite loss of appeal
Caravan at Shaw Road/Greenway

13/5/1968 PC 695
Call for footpath at the rear of Cedar Cottage, Ninehams Road, to be made up - muddy

27/5/1968 PC 696
Elected:
Cooke 217
Softley 148
Gilmour 183
Roper 168
Dickinson 149
Horney 187
Mrs Gripton 193
Cooke Chairman
meeting closed at 8.15 p.m.

10/6/1968 PC 697
Telephone kiosk to be moved from outside Post Office

8/7/1968 PC 698
Staggered barrier suggested to stop misuse of path from Westmore Green to Crossways
Surrey had circulated Maesmaur Road, Crossways, Redhouse Road, Greenway, Grove Road, Paynesfield about making up the surface without informing the PC

9/9/1968 PC 699
Telephone kiosk may go to outside the Bakery
Tatsfield Greens Fund incorporated into PC funds

14/10/1968 PC 700
Telephone kiosk Bakery position agreed

22/10/1968 Meeting with Surrey Police at Oxted - Chief Inspector Trussler - about vandalism

11/11/1968 PC 701
Little of note

9/12/1968 PC 702
More subsidence in Crossways

13/1/1969 PC 703
Telephone kiosk to be moved to outside the Bakery.
Drains blocked in Shipfield Close
Development proposed at Lusted Hall Farm

10/2/1969 PC 704
Village has the lowest indictable crime rate for Surrey
Improvements being considered for Village Hall
Clerk - Mrs Crofts - to resign

10/3/1969 PC 705
Commons Registration - Lord of the Manor to keep control over Clacketts Green and not to dispose of his freehold interest in Westmore and Tatsfield Greens
Dogs nuisance by Gorsey Down Farm
Lusted Hall Farm development refused

26/3/1969 PM 114
46 parishioners
Re-siting of telephone kiosk due to vandalism; snow clearance; street lighting; policing; dog fouling; cuts in public transport; 152 children at the school; 27:12 against bye-law on dogs.

14/4/1969 PC 706
Village hall being used for a second group during PC meeting. PC to move to Congregational Church Hall.
New Clerk - Mrs Armorgie @ Ł75 pa
Problem over horse grazing on DC land at corner of Greenway and Crossways
Concern about the privacy at the doctor’s surgery
Discussion about opening hall toilets to the public
Large scale mounted maps in the possession of Mr Horney

12/5/1969 PC 707
James Stroud - RDC member - died
Mrs Cooke, wife of Chairman, in hospital
London Transport ask for subsidy if there is to be a Sunday bus service
Paving stones around pond said to be loose

2/6/1969 PC 708
Cooke Chairman

9/6/1969 PC 709
In Congregational Hall
Concern about the future of caravan site at Concord in Paynesfield Road
DC had circulated Paynesfield Road residents about making up the road
Talk of school taking children up to 8 years old only

14/7/1969 PC 710
Carnival Association and DC to consider children’s playground on Westmore Green
Concern about present residents if caravan site at Concord were to change. PC had apparently not worried about residents at Parson’s Shaw site, now said to have become illegal

8/9/1969 PC 711
Children’s playground expected to be erected in the spring.
Local government reform under discussion
Continued unease about Concord site - harassment, pets shot, letters delayed
Constable reported there had been no crime for 2˝ months - he would check all dogs for collars
Concord licence is for 16 caravans

13/10/1969 PC 712
Change is school age of transfer to take place in 1972
Concern about horses and motor cycles using path outside the Croft
Mrs Compton Skinner and Mr Harry Shrubb had died
Talk of bus shelter area being made into a roundabout

10/11/1969 PC 713
Westmore Green roundabout would cost Ł500

8/12/1969 PC 714
Surrey CC had agreed to make up Paynesfield Road and a footpath on one side.
Concern about development of Biggin Hill into a town
Concord site register refers to 6 caravans
Mr Hayes asks about possible development at the strawberry farm in Lusted Hall Lane.

12/1/1970 PC 715
Discussion of form of barrier on footpath outside The Croft.
Plan for junction of Westmore Road and Paynesfield Road
Goatsfield Road, Ninehams Road, Kemsley Road from Shaw Road and Maesmaur Road on the main drainage list.
Subsidences in Kemsley Road.

9/2/1970 PC 716
Give way road markings to come to Paynesfield Road/Westmore Road junction.
Planning application for four houses at Concord - dissatisfaction at the way Mrs Dunn and DC had handled this.

PM 115
No minutes available

9/3/1970 PC 717
Plans to make up Whitewood Cottages service road.
Bromley raises question of a public footpath from Lusted Hall Lane to Furze Corner.
Concern about lack of consultation on British Summer Time.
Smoke and acrid fumes from Gorsey Down Farm
Tipping opposite Alpine Nursery in Lusted Hall Lane

13/4/1970 PC 718
Much criticism of storm drain work in Westmore Road.
Mrs Gripton resigns.
Mrs Brenda Softley co-opted.

11/5/1970 PC 719
Call for bulb planting on Westmore Green. Claimed that Ł200 had already been spent in 1960s and bulbs had been vandalised.
Village sign needs repair.
Boundary review apparently in progress.

1/6/1970 PC 720
Cooke Chairman

8/6/1970 PC 721
Concern about dumping in the village.
Public meeting on M25 plans to be held in Limpsfield (19.6.70)

13/7/1970 PC 722
Much discussion of the pros and cons of making up Paynesfield Road

14/9/1970 PC 723
Concern about plans for development at Biggin Hill
Golf course proposed for part of Lusted Hall Farm - “better than houses”
Tanglands to be re-developed

12/10/1970 PC 724
Mr Sidney Abram to be approached on repairing the village sign
Notice board and pillar box had been set on fire

9/11/1970 PC 725
Rumour that Biggin Hill airfield was to become a major air terminal and centre for business charter traffic

14/12/1970 PC 726
Telephone kiosk to be moved from outside Post Office

11/1/1971 PC 727 (POPULATION 1971 - 1784)
Little of note

8/2/1971 PC 728
Caravan site - Discontinuance Order would be issued and planning permission granted for two houses
Tatsfield Preservation Society having problems with PC representation

8/3/1971 PC 729
Work had started on marking out the site for the playground
Old Lane ditch had been cleared

PM 116
No minutes available

13/4/1971 PC 730
Only six people had attended police crime prevention meeting
Complaints about pink paint having been used on Post Office wall

10/5/1971 PC 731
Effort to obtain open land for Scouts

24/5/1971 PC 732
Elected
Brown 217
Mrs Crofts 311
Mrs Dunn 386
Hession 288
Jupp 285
Roper 218
Softley 240
Softley Chairman

14/6/1971 PC 733
Mr Jackson of Kemsley Road claiming squatters rights
Open competition decided for Village Sign
Shipfield Close residents propose improvements to the pond - Old Ship Development Residents Assn
Mr Dickenson had produced a scrapbook

12/7/1971 PC 734
Mr Brown to organise village sign competition
Call for speed limit in Tatsfield
Dr Hession to collect Surrey Mirror cuttings and Mrs Crofts to cut Sevenoaks Chronicle

13/9/1971 PC 735
Tatsfield wishes to stay in Godstone RDC in local government reform
Alison Potts wins village sign competition
Police constable leaving the area - had been regular attenders at PC meetings
Need for extension to Village Hall

11/10/1971 PC 736
Mr Jupp suggests claiming unoccupied parcels of land
Old peoples’ dwellings postponed for lack of money
Tatsfield School being turned into a First School

8/11/1971 PC 737
KW Clarke accepted office
Set of 9 maps acquired by PC
Biggin Hill Development Plan received
Bus timetables to be amended at behest of PC
M25 plans available
No speed limit for village
“Letter received from Mr Abraham to say it had been agreed that he would repaint the sign some time ago. Mr Softley to draft a reply, as he believed Mr Abraham not keen to do the work. Confirmed that Miss Potts would paint the sign but had asked Mr Softley how much to charge. It was decided to leave it to her”.
Mr Gough had improved the Post Office and shop.

13/12/1971 PC 738
Complaints about pond improvement

10/1/1972 PC 739
Interceptor installed for the pond
Plan for Tatsfield to share three district councillors with neighbouring parishes
Protest about proposed change of boundary with Sevenoaks
North Downs Way proposed
Tatsfield to enter Best Kept Village competition

14/2/1972 PC 740
Discussion on changing the boundary with Bromley at Furze Corner

13/3/1972 PC 741
Discussion of Westerham interchange for M25

PM 117
No minutes available, but Annual Parish Meeting referred to at 10/4/72 PC

10/4/1972 PC 742
Mr Hayes remarked that Paynesfield Road had been suburbanised by having been made up - called for lightly made up roads in rural areas.
Crown Road status
More on M25 Westerham interchange
Suggestion that Village Hall extension work would discourage bookings
Dr Hession reported much support for squash courts in the village

22/5/1972 PC 743
Jupp Chairman
Rubbish piles mounting (strike?)
Crown Road goes to court

8/5/1972 PC 744
Tipping in Crown Road continues
Questions about Cooleen had been raised during the winter - Ministry of Public Building and Works announces that telephone exchange to be built on part of the site and the rest sold
Public Inquiry pending on M25 interchange

5/6/1972 PM 118
On M25 Westerham Interchange proposal
Talk of improving the B2024
Resolved to oppose Interchange

12/6/1972 PC 745
Concern about building development in The Grove, Biggin Hill
Village sign ready to go to Miss Potts for painting - post had been knocked down by car.

10/7/1972 PC 746
M25 Interchange inquiry postponed until September

11/9/1972 PC 747
Application for 26 houses in The Grove caused alarm
Village sign now up
Caterham UDC and Godstone RDC to merge. New ward of Chelsham & Farleigh, Tatsfield and Titsey to be formed. Parish election in 1974.

9/10/1972 PC 748
Talk of Mr Jupp resigning - had not attended recent meetings
Steps had been erected to improve access to the Village Hall stage

13/11/1972 PC 749
Mr Jupp resigns
Dr Hession had represented Tatsfield at M25 Interchange Inquiry
Chelsham & Farleigh Clerk thought new DC ward would be too large

11/12/1972 PC 750
Surrey Area of Special Advertisements and Old Ship sign at B2024 raised - had been discussed at earlier meetings in 1972
Concern about scrap metal activities at Wedgwoods Yard
Surrey says Greenway will not be made up but that Crossways will be made up, despite objections by residents
Work had started on old people’s flats in Crossways

8/1/1973 PC 751
Clarke and Forward seem to have been co-opted at some point
Continuing concern about Biggin Hill developments and the future use of Wedgwoods Yard
Call to reduce the size of the Old Ship sign at Botley Hill
Paynesfield Road (Hillbrow to Toronto House) to be closed to through traffic
Village Hall work well underway
Mrs Dunn to resign
Residents’ Association in existence again - Mr Hayes

8/2/1973 PC 752
Denis Hayes co-opted
Surrey & Burstow hunt cars and horses on the Green
Decided to enter Best Kept Village Competition
Resolved to call for Old Ship notices to be lowered
Hession Chairman
Call for Village Directory

12/3/1973 PC 753
LW Brown resigns

16/4/1973 PC 754
Complaints about ball games on Westmore Green - police had been interpreting bye laws literally
Proposal for twinning with a village in France

24/4/1973 PM 119
To discuss ball games on Westmore Green
60 parishioners + Deputy RDC Clerk and Supt Doyle, Surrey Police
Resolved to amend bylaws

15/5/1973 PC 755
Hession Chairman
Hession had made tentative inquiry about purchasing land behind the Village Hall

11/6/1973 PC 756
Rev P Unwin co-opted
PC to ask for Polesteeple Hill to be made one-way

9/7/1973 PC 757
Discussion with SCC about footpath from Ship Hill to Edgar Road along Old Lane
Clerk resigns
Strong PC complaint about new status for Tatsfield School
Crossways not to be made up

10/9/1973 PC 758
Alleged FP 19 encroachment at The Briars
Twinning suggestion received
Clerk to contact Miss Kennedy’s solicitor about buying land
Complaint of smell from Old Lane ditch

8/10/1973 PC 759
Further twinning suggestions received

12/11/1973 PC 760
Need to clean pond
Percy Reid appointed as Clerk
Concessionary bus fares achieved for old people

10/12/1973 PC 761
Held at Neville House (because of fuel crisis)
Seat in memory of Mr A Roper now in place

14/1/1974 PC 762
Much discussion about taking over vacant plots of land

11/2/1974 PC 763
Industrial activity at the Limes, Maesmaur Road to end

11/3/1974 PC 764
Two calves had died while grazing at Coolleen
Concern about the future of the former BBC Receiving Station site
Plan to improve Village Hall front entrance

20/3/1974 PM 120
24 parishioners attended
Ann Hayes had resigned and had been replaced by Percy Reid

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