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.

8/4/1974 PC 765
PC claiming land in Goatsfield Road
New telephone exchange expected in 1976
Biggin Hill Airport development plans dropped
Concrete bottom of the pond needs sealing.
Westerham M25 interchange Public Inquiry had been abortive
Substantial discussion and attached document on responsibilities for street lighting.

13/5/1974 PC 766
Chairman Hession
Discussion on acquiring three to five acres from the former allotment site to the rear of the Village Hall for a playing field.
14 commercial vehicles in 10 hours on Rag Hill and Church Road
Abandoned commercial vehicles at the Limes, Maesmaur Road
Move to make Maesmaur Road a responsibility of the highway authority

10/6/1974 PC 767
Illegal access over Tatsfield Green from Crown Road.
Call for electricity cables to go underground
Application for 27 houses at Eagles Drive

8/7/1974 PC 768
Discussions continuing with Mr Robinson on land for playing field. “After discussion the Clerk was instructed to reply that the council’s plans for a more central field are unlikely to come to fruition in the immediate future and may, indeed, never do so. In these circumstances the Association would be wise to continue with its plans for Furze Corner, which would be borne carefully in mind by the Council in considering future plans”.
Crown Road debate continues.
Review of electoral warding underway
Village Hall had received 80% and village 72% in Best Kept Village competition.
Mr N Shaw outlined his plans for a holiday play centre for children

23/9/1974 PC 769
Further call for HGV restrictions
Resolved to purchase SY64812 and SY64810 for Ł500
More on private roads, Crown Road and street lighting
Alleged that occupier of The Briars had incorporated part of FP 19 into his garden
Nigel Shaw had arranged an activity centre
PC offered part of Coolleen site

14/10/1974 PC 770
Mr David - the Briars - had not changed the line of FP19
Forward resigned
Proposal for a youth club

11/11/1974 PC 771
Resolved not to buy the Parkwood road site from miss Kennedy because of gas main restrictions, but to go ahead with SY64810
Objection to plan for a supermarket opposite Sunningvale Garage
Confirmed that Titsey Estate owned Westmore and Tatsfield Greens
Details emerging of Gas Board plans for former BBC site
Site in Greenway had been started but abandoned

9/12/1974 PC 772
K Goodchild coopted
Move to claim Crown Road as a footpath
PC decided not to buy part of Coolleen

13/1/1975 PC 773
Continuing discussion on highway restrictions for Church Lane and Rag Hill
Titsey Estate willing to hand over the greens
First mention of Vern d’Anjou as twinning partner
Death of Mr Geary - former councillor
Land swap mooted for common land taken by M25

10/2/1975 PC 774
Village Directory distribution difficulties
Parish Meeting was to have a costume “reproduction “ of PC’s first meeting, with an opportunity for Vern’s mayor to speak
Call for improvements at Furze Corner
Call for Orpington Rural Transport and Westerham Coaches to open bus service to Oxted
No entry to best-kept village competition
Suggestion of a village appraisal

10/3/1975 PC 775
Vern visitors to be welcomed at Biggin Hill Airport
Proposal for PC to hire a coach for a bus service
Overcrowding on buses from Croydon means Tatsfield passengers not getting on
Mr Hayes suggested TPO for Limehouse Bottom
PC to book WI Hall twice a week for old people

14/4/1975 PC 776
Local shopkeepers object to public subsidy for bus to take customers out of the village
Disquiet about the pond

6/5/1975 PM 121
Vern delegation attended - hall crowded
Costume drama of first PC meeting
5 former chairmen present - Miss Knight, Messrs. Cooke, Hallam, Jupp and Softley

12/5/1975 PC 777
Hession Chairman
Visit by Mayor of Vern - and vice versa - had gone off satisfactorily
Call for double yellow lines in village centre
PC object to withdrawal of 706 Green Line

4/6/1975 PM 122
To discuss twinning
Committee set up

9/6/1975 PC 778
26 signature petition for bus to Oxted
Old people’s flats to be known as Crossways Court
Maj. Leveson-Gower ready to present the greens to Tatsfield at ceremony to mark 900th anniversary of the church
Draft route for North Downs Way discussed
Mrs Roper’s memorial seat had disappeared

14/7/1975 PC 779
Single track road signs to go up in Church Lane etc.
Proposals for concrete wall around the pond
97 Paynesfield Road residents call for No Through Road sign to be moved and for barricade at unmade end
310 signature petition against enclosure on Beech Road behind the Pines

8/9/1975 PC 780
Double yellow line plan submitted
Highway encroachment notices served in Goatsfield Road
Pond Preservation Society formed
Proposal for pavilion at Furze Corner

13/10/1975 PC 781
Old Bakery development
Oxted bus service details formulated
Next election to be May 6 1976
Enforcement at Kemscott
Telephone exchange to be closed and numbers transferred to Biggin Hill in 1979-80
Fatal accident at B2024/Church Hill
Village signs to indicate Vern link

10/11/1975 PC 782
DC discover 1971 Ł24 debt on pond work
PFA call for help to buy Mrs Crabtree’s building as historic foundation of a sports complex
Two students from Ramsey College, Brasted undertaking village appraisal
Nigel Shaw proposes photographic record of inhabitants

8/12/1975 PC 783
Road alignment to be modified at B2024/Church Hill
Vern Association discussed in private

12/1/1976 PC 784
30 parishioners present
Little obviously of note, but an un-named matter discussed in committee (clerk’s salary)

9/2/1976 PC 785
Auditor’s mistake had led to overpayment
Westerham PC suggest contribution for office used by shared clerk

8/3/1976 PC 786
Little of note

31/3/1976 PM 123
50-60 parishioners attended
Council had lasted for 5 years
Bus service to Oxted not yet started
Call for prescription service

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