Residents in Stockbridge, just outside of Edinburgh, have said the noise and vibrations from the electric fans used to inflate the dome have kept them up – and the dome itself is blocking views of the area’s Georgian architecture.
The dome, which houses tennis courts, was erected at a private sports club last October, after the Scottish government overruled a City of Edinburgh Council decision to reject the plans.]
But residents are frustrated with the decision – Jacquie Christie said her elderly mum had to go to three different appeal panels with the council to get double glazing for her windows, but the dome was allowed to go ahead ‘without a second thought’.
The dome was allowed to go ahead after Scottish government reporter Andrew Fleming overruled the city’s rejection, deeming it a ‘public benefit’ because of a lack of indoor tennis facilities in the area.
Keith Hughes lives in a home right behind the ‘hideous’ dome, and said he plans to move because of it: ‘I am awake every single night with the low hum of the background fans keeping the tennis court roof inflated.
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