I have a lot more to say about this issue but I won't go into that in this blog post and should you like to read my objection please visit the planning website page for nonsuch where you can read my comments under Documents and then scroll down for objections and it spans four of the 14th August ones.
I noticed on your school website that the financial figures in the term of pie charts showed a loss of around £7,000 from 2013-2014. What are the financial costs of this project and where's the money coming from?
http://www.nonsuchschool.org/241/what-we-spend-and-how-we-spend-it
The answer was that they couldn't give me a figure and when I asked for maybe just an initial estimate the answer was there wasn't one. The first indication of cost would be after planning permission was granted. On reflection the source of money was not said.
I am very happy to see that wildflower banks are going in however will these be native plants and what is the plan to make sure the Canadian goldenrod already at the boundary of the field doesn't overrun the banks?
The answer to this one was given by the architect and the wildflower species were not known unless I contact the landscapers and he wasn't aware of the problem of Canadian goldenrod. I then had to explain that Canadian goldenrod in warren farm (located next to the proposed site) was an invasive plant species which aggressively takes over land and spreads by around 10 shoots from the root and 100,000 seeds taken by the wind... these figures are for just one plant. In warren farm there are thousands.
With regards to the screening of the dome will the trees be deciduous or non-deciduous?
They will be deciduous - this is because they have to be native
So the 15 year long wait for trees to grow to screen the dome is a lie as during winter the leaves will fall off and every winter I will be able to see the dome - not for 15 years but forever?
The answer to this one was a struggle for Peter Gale the Nonsuch Headmaster to give. Ultimately he could do nothing but agree with me.
What fuel (i.e. Electricity or Diesel) will the Dome's air generator take and will there be any air conditioning (within the dome)?
I cannot answer the fuel question without asking the Dome manufactures and there will be not air conditioning because the dome is inflated by air so there is already a stream of air flowing through it.
Ok, I ask about the air conditioning because if you ever walk into the David Lloyd Dome during summer you find it is very hot?
The reasonable answer to this was that the David Lloyd dome is a single membrane and the Nonsuch Dome will be a double membrane allowing a trapped layer of air and so the dome will be cooler.
A question asked that night by another person I felt like including...
How long will construction time be?
There is currently no time estimate available, just the information that the building process will be done in stages i.e. Dome then Artificial Pitch and then running track