Transcript Historical Minute Book 1923 to 1931 - Ashdown Forest

Committee of the Club regard the extra space asked for as of vital importance to the maintenance of the increasedpopularity of the Club, and that the Trustees are prepared to pay some acknowledgement if the Board will grant theapplication.Shalesbrook Alleged PollutionBeing questioned with regard to a complaint made by Major Bond that the Shalesbrook is polluted by oil washeddown from the motor stand, Mr. Godley states that it is quite impossible for the Shalesbrook to be so pollutedowing to its distance from the motor stand and the method of discharging oil which he contends is filtered beforereaching the Shalesbrook.R.A.F. Golf Club Extension Of Motor StandThe Club representatives having withdrawn ********. It is proposed by Mr. Freshfield and seconded by AdmiralSir Stanley Colville that a revocable license be granted to use the enlarged area as per plan on the same terms asheretofore subject to the payment of annual acknowledgement of £ 1: 1: 0 each to the Lord and the Board ofConservators, and to payment of the Clerk’s proper charges for preparing and completing the License andCounterpart the works to be carried out to the satisfaction of the Forest Row Committee.Sir Francis Champneys moves and Mr. Follett seconds an amendment that the annual acknowledgements be £ 2:10: 0 each instead of £ 1: 1: 0. The amendment being put two vote for and nine against it and is declared lost.The original motion is then put and carried.Major Bond, Complaint Of Pollution Of ShalesbrookThe Board then consider the complaint from Major Bond as to the pollution of the Shalesbrook and it is resolvedthat he be informed that the Board require further evidence in support of his complaint before they can take anyaction.Leggs Heath Farm Limited, WaterpipeThe Clerk produces a plan showing the position in which it is desired to lay a two inch water pipe under Forest landfrom the Southern end of Kidbrooke Lane to Leggs Hatch Farm and a letter from Messrs. Whitley Hughes &Luscombe, the Solicitors to the applicant, stating that the application is not for the purpose of developing theproperty for a building estate, but to supply the present property with the possible addition of one small dwellinghouse.It is resolved Mr. Follett assenting on behalf of the Lord that a revocable license in the usual form be granted to theLeggs Heath Farm Ltd. to lay and maintain a two inch water pipe in the position indicated on the plan for thepurpose only of the limited supply indicated subject to the payment of yearly acknowledgements of £ 1: 1: 0 each tothe Lord and Conservators and to payment of the Clerk’s proper charges for preparing and completing the licenseand a counterpart thereof. Subject to the foregoing it is resolved that the acts proceedings and recommendations ofthe Forest Row Committee as set out in their report be approved and confirmed.Military ManoeuvresThe Clerk reports that on 29 th July last he received from the War Office an urgent application for permission totrain 2,000 or 3,000 troops on the Forest from the 23 rd inst to the 16 th September next undertaking not to digtrenches etc and not to manoeuvre over the golf links and to take all precautions against fire, and beat out any thatmight occur in the vicinity. After communicating with the Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the DistrictCommittees and Mr. Follett representing the Lord, the Clerk granted the permission applied for.It is resolved that the action of the Clerk be confirmed.Military ExcavationsRanger Kirby having reported early in July last that the Royal Engineers from Crowborough Camp were diggingtrenches and constructing dugouts on the Forest, the Clerk reports that he wrote to the Commanding Officerpointing out that no authority had been granted for the purpose and that the excavations constituted a seriousdanger to the cattle of the Commoners. The Commanding Officer stated that he was acting under an order issuedby Head Quarters. After some correspondence the work ceased and the excavations were filled up.