From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Got to strongly disagree with you Alex, if he took notice of his
>neighbours he wouldn't have that Gold medal.
You are absolutely right there, but you would not say that if you were
one of his neighbours and as they have won the court case, he will have
to practice somewhere else.
>This is an urbanised country, the fact that the rest of the village are
blaming it on
>"townies" indicates that it is not a universal view among the
>villagers. Where are we supposed to put ranges? There is nowhere
>else. People always moan about the noise, there's not that much
>that can be done about it.
The area round Andover is pretty rural and there must be farms well away
from habitation that would have given him permission to practice. I
have
shot with Clay Clubs, not that I was any good at it, and they all had
the use of farms and open spaces well away from residential areas. If
it meant that much to him, Bisley is well within reach too.
Just imagine that you just spent half a million on a house in that
village only to find that your neighbour is planning to open a
commercial clay pigeon range, which would make your house practically
unsaleable!
Urbanisation means that we can no longer behave as if we were living in
the middle of a desert. As the "townies" are in the majority, any
activity that annoys them will eventually be severely curtailed or
banned.
We just have to try to accommodate them and get them on our side.
Alex
--
The first article said the neighbours moved in a year ago, and
they have had the range for seven years. One of the other ladies
lives on a farm, I seriously doubt her house is directly next door.
In any case, I work in construction and I'm certain that 80%+
of planning decisions made by small councils could be quashed
on appeal to the High Court if you spent enough time and money
on it. The sound of shotgun shooting at a distance of say, 300m,
would be negligible compared to what a lot of urban dwellers
have to put up with. Especially if it is only one or two shooters!
I mean the guy probably shoots during the day anyway, i.e. business
hours, and he is alone, how many rounds can he be firing? (And
they're trap loads, out of a long-barrelled shotgun) I doubt
it is as bad as his neighbours were making out.
Steve.
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