The Build
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The Stages of Construction The site pre-build…………and the completed ‘shell’. |
| Nov. 2013 - Feb. 2014 Negotiations held, and subsequently permission granted to build an Observatory - gained from coowners of site (Forest England, National Forest, and South Derbyshire District Council). |
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Planning Permission granted - end of 2015. Fundraising began 2014. Target £27K. Total achieved March 2017. |
| Dome purchased secondhand from Huddersfield - February 2014. Wide load permission for the trip home. |
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| Dome Refurbishment Working Parties - held over a number of weekends 2014 - 2017. |
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| Contractor on site November 2018 - April 2019 |
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Site clearance - 12th November 2018 |
| Managing the delivery of concrete |
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| The design and what we built |   |