Haha you've got my head in a spin mate! You complain you can't find any foxes, but then say you won't go thermal even though you think it helps find more foxes on a night!!
Seeing a hell of a lot of jays recently.
Couple weeks back heard a commotion in back garden, magpies & a jay kicking off. Went outside & a squirrel had a another jay on floor both rolling about scrapping.
Just had a quick look at them - only thing that put me off is do they only come in plastic wad? IMO plastic wad is worse for countryside/environment than lead shot.
What calibres is it already cleared for?
How long have you been a member of your club?
They will likely wish to speak to the landowner of your permission anyway but map is good idea. You say you've been shooting there for a bit so be sure to make them aware you're confident of areas that are safe to shoot toward & ones that aren't.
I know there will be some saying if you've got the need for CF then no reason not to get on grant. But I only applied for hmr on my grant for same reason. I did get CF soon after but my job helped there.
In all honesty mate you're best of