Lucky Shot 1958 Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Afternoon Gents, Would anyone happen to know if the Police keep a database of land that has been passed for FAC use ? TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 they must do, as before I had an open ticket they always seemed to know which farms were or were not approved when I asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Yes my old firearms officer often quoted this and said for the one that arent i have a pair of wellies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Have you duplicated a post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 8 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Have you duplicated a post? There might be two ‘Lucky Shot 1958’ on the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 46 minutes ago, Lucky Shot 1958 said: Afternoon Gents, Would anyone happen to know if the Police keep a database of land that has been passed for FAC use ? TIA. i would imajine ...NO..........FAC land permission would only be granted...on how the applicant would use the land........all "shootable" land is suitable for FAC providing the right calibre is used... and dependent on how the person would use it that is my own personal opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Shot 1958 Posted January 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 I have just contacted Suffolk Police and they do have a database with land approved for FAC… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 All land that has been passed gets rated upto a certain caliber but if your open you rate the land as safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 They do have a data base and it's incomplete and inaccurate. It refers to farms and often over time parts are sold and absorbed into other farms. Farm names change. Different forces apply different criteria. Some clear to calibre requested some clear to what they consider appropriate. It's a complete mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, oowee said: They do have a data base and it's incomplete and inaccurate. It refers to farms and often over time parts are sold and absorbed into other farms. Farm names change. Different forces apply different criteria. Some clear to calibre requested some clear to what they consider appropriate. It's a complete mess. that sounds about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 21 hours ago, old'un said: they must do, as before I had an open ticket they always seemed to know which farms were or were not approved when I asked. They will tell you that land has been passed for that calibre so i don't see a problem you getting one . Or although its passed for that theres 6 folk shooting 22 rimfires on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 hours ago, oowee said: They do have a data base and it's incomplete and inaccurate. It refers to farms and often over time parts are sold and absorbed into other farms. Farm names change. Different forces apply different criteria. Some clear to calibre requested some clear to what they consider appropriate. It's a complete mess. As above and in my experience they have officers doing the job who don't know their from their elbow regarding the safe use of firearms but very often there are those who do, it is a mess as said as often they only pull up Google Earth or similar but do not actually walk the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingdragon Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 I have recently had some land I own that is attached to my house, cleared for rimfire and not suitable for c/fire. The FEO came with boots to check it out and advised I only shot north to south as it is a small valley. they had no record of it previously being cleared. They now have Land Registry maps to show the area which I was asked to provide. As this was my first FAC, I can only shoot on approved land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted January 15, 2023 Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 09/01/2023 at 17:04, ditchman said: i would imajine ...NO..........FAC land permission would only be granted...on how the applicant would use the land........all "shootable" land is suitable for FAC providing the right calibre is used... and dependent on how the person would use it that is my own personal opinion Yep, pretty much how it should be. You should know the calibre and it's capabilities. And the land and it's limitations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEINVISIBLESCARECROW Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 Yes they do. In the past I've phoned & asked when my ticked was closed & I could only shoot on approved land. When I applied for my first fac the feo mentioned my nominated farm hadn't been visited for a long time so he was going to inspect it again. They wouldn't visit, inspect, pass for certain cal' without keeping a record for future reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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