Virginia Sports Park seeks conditional use permit for 75‑acre sporting‑clays and archery park in Goochland County

Virginia Sports Park, a nonprofit group, on an informational community meeting hosted by Goochland County planning staff presented plans to develop a 75‑acre sporting‑clays and archery park off the Haydenville exit and said it will seek a conditional use permit. Ben Ellis, the county planner and case planner for the project, said the meeting was required by county code and that the application will next go to internal development review before formal hearings by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors.

The park would include a course of about 14–16 shooting stations on a trail, a 5‑stand layout, field and 3‑D archery ranges, a lodge and pavilion for community and event use, gravel parking, and a phased buildout that initially would rely on well and septic and temporary administrative facilities. Organizers said the parcel is leased from Luckstone and is currently permitted as a quarry; they described design features intended to preserve vegetation and use tree lines and screening to reduce noise.

"Safety first, safety last, and safety always," Adnan Hamidi,…