Elstead Football Club has begun installation of the temporary floodlight system but they have encountered technical difficulties with pole fitments and electrical design. The club has now requested a permanent installation of four lights and submitted an amendment to their planning approval. There is no change in the intended periods of use. The Council has considered the request and raised no objection but needs to contact Waverley BC Planning Office to resolve questions about lighting and pole height specifications  as well as local consultation requirements.

The Council has decided to grant £3000 to the St James School to assist in raising the funding needs for the new classrooms and offices. Mrs Tann has been informed and is delighted that the target figure is that much nearer.

We are pressing SCC Highways to repair holes and dips in the roads in and around Elstead which the recent heavy rains have made a good deal worse.

High winds caused a large tree branch to fall on the Woolfords Lane cemetery building causing minor roof damage which will have to be repaired.

The Council has passed the planning application for two new tennis courts at Elstead Tennis Club.

Two picnic tables have been donated to the village and these will be put in place in the playground areas at the two recreation grounds - so the Mums can now enjoy themselves as well.

The next  Parish Council Meeting is on 15^th January.

Despite the torrential rain just before the service, there was much to celebrate when Bishop Christopher visited St Michael and All Angels in Thursley in October 2006. The parish was celebrating not only its Harvest Festival but also its Patronal Festival during which Bishop Christopher dedicated the recent re-ordering of both the Church and the Dame School in the churchyard. The service was attended by over 80 people from the village and its neighbouring parish Elstead. After the service there was a chance for people to see for themselves all the works that have been carried out both in the Church and the Dame School over the past year whilst sharing celebratory glass of "fizz" and a piece of the cake ceremonially cut by Bishop  Christopher.

The church has also just completed an extensive project to provide a disabled toilet and kitchen within the church and has removed pews from the front section of the nave and the North Aisle to provide space for meetings and for services where wheelchairs, prams and buggies can be incorporated into the main body of the congregation. To help draw the various parts of the church together the whole church has been carpeted throughout in colours that compliment the medieval woodwork, stained glass windows and altar piece.

The Dame School is a story in itself. Investigative works revealed an old oak timber frame that experts from the Downland and Weald Museum advised should be conserved if at all possible and our repair works have been such that we have retained the old frame completely plus sections of the original lathe and plaster inner walls and old leaded windows so generations to come can see what was originally there. Our works have erected a "box outside a box" so there is a complete new frame and new roof and the inside is now weather tight and heated so it is suitable for storage of extra chairs, archives, papers and "things" occasionally used in then church (cribs, flower stands etc). We also use part of the interior sectioned off as a mower and implement store for people working in the churchyard. We funded the whole work to the church and Dame School from our own parish resources.