Thread: New Range in Auckland

Just got our consent to dig our hole in the main drag, when are you likely to get your consent???
We'll probably start digging in 3 or 4 weeks so if you want the dirt she's all your's

Excellent news.
My work is keen for a corporate shoot, so keen to make a booking once you are open.

As updates about this range, November is racing up on us and that's when it is supposed to be open.

Champing at the bit here...

Not sure it's a good location, 1000's of house's to be built in the area according to news reports, maybe bloody hard to get a consent???

He said he already had consent in either this thread or the nzrimfire forum.

Neigbours??

Anyone PM him ?

Has been quiet of late, hope it hasnt fallen through in the final stages as I am looking forward to having somewhere to shoot even if its only smallbore.

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Originally Posted by Johnboy007

Has been quiet of late, hope it hasnt fallen through in the final stages as I am looking forward to having somewhere to shoot even if its only smallbore.

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This. Hopefully everything is all good.


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You know on our property we have 3 approved ranges aswell as other facilities and activities that required special land use consent from council.

Some of which have been in the process for 5+ year, it just doesn't happen over night.

And we own all the land for kilometres in each direction.
I can only imagine the difficulty in trying to open a range in a semi built up area such as suggested by "Mr Range"

But the fact that they have not yet aquired the land yet leads me to believe they are at the very beginning of the process.

The land will be zoned rural not recreational so he will need a special land use consent.

This will need to be notified so then everyone (not just effected parties) can have a winge and moan about why they don't like the idea.

This alone can hold up the project indefinitely.

How long ???

Who knows but I wish him all the best and not to give up.

Doc.

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

You know on our property we have 3 approved ranges aswell as other facilities and activities that required special land use consent from council.

Some of which have been in the process for 5+ year, it just doesn't happen over night.

And we own all the land for kilometres in each direction.
I can only imagine the difficulty in trying to open a range in a semi built up area such as suggested by "Mr Range"

But the fact that they have not yet aquired the land yet leads me to believe they are at the very beginning of the process.

The land will be zoned rural not recreational so he will need a special land use consent.

This will need to be notified so then everyone (not just effected parties) can have a winge and moan about why they don't like the idea.

This alone can hold up the project indefinitely.

How long ???

Who knows but I wish him all the best and not to give up.

Doc.

You guys pretty much have set the bench mark for rifle ranges in NZ, full respect for your work.

At this stage I have far too much money invested in it to pull out, but I understand when I started it could all be wasted. People nowdays have views on firearms based on the medias scare mongering, we were very lucky to get a largeish land where the surrounding properties all agree'd and were understanding to our cause.

The issues started to arise when we were forced to go further away to consult the public, then people started to have objections, mostly they are townies on lifestyle blocks. But an objection is an objection no matter who it comes from.

Hi Everyone.

Sorry about my absenteeism, first off let me say that was unprofessional. I have been flat out trying to source a new location as a few things have happened in the last 3 months.

1) The government has made public plans to build 1,000 houses within 10 minutes’ drive of the range which has created some outcry over the site of the range and has applied some governmental pressure at local level where they were once nice and happy about it, now are thinking again.
2) While the neighbours with property boundaries have no issue there has been an objection from a land owner 4 houses away who is a conscious objector to firearms and is generally a S$^$# stirrer.

While the council is still very open to the idea and have been looking for a location close to the previous one. I have a short list of 4 properties and hope that the council honours their word and fast tracks the process in light of their stuffing me around.

At this stage this is about 3 years of hard work and while I expected it to go smoother then this I have not given up.

I was not ignoring this forum and rimfire, just been uber busy. I would like to apologize for this.

Hi Mr Range was the initial property out the North West around Kumeu?

Originally Posted by Rushy

Hi Mr Range was the initial property out the North West around Kumeu?

Yes it was in the North West of Auckland.