Thedunnes

Does anyone know how hard it is to get a shotgun permit for visiting brits. The scenario is that my neighbour runs a shoot and as the cost of a days shooting is considerably cheaper than in the UK I would like to invite some friends down for some shooting. Organising guns locally is not a problem and any visitors would be holders of UK permits. I have not yet applied for myself as I am the UK at the moment but would not imaging that it would be hard to get as permit as I have a small farm. Any thoughts much appreciated. Stephen

The advice given to me by my mairie is that inside I can do what I like, but if I change the appearance of the property from the outside then I will need his permission. If you have enough windows for any planned conversion you may be OK, but if you want to enlarge them then you will need permission. You pay your rates based on the sq meterage of living space, so if you convert the loft without changing the appearance then you should inform the Mairie, but then again..... What they don't know.......

For what it is worth, you could have been given the right stuff, but on the old side. If skim is a bit old it can go off very quick, before you have time to work it. Stephen