Russell's objection:
I wish to object to these zip-wire plans.
Noise is a problem, the footfall is a problem, the lights are a problem, the generator is a problem, the drones are a problem. But I believe my fellow residents of Ocean Reach have compiled these complaints in great detail, and I stand with their objections.
My problem is this. The Socio-Econmonic report (SER) states "There are few residential properties immediately fronting this part of the waterfront.... "
Mine does. My property does. My property will be facing a seven-day-a-week zip-wire with 48 people an hour whizzing past my home and screaming for six months of the year.
Are you kidding?
I write for living. I'm a television scriptwriter; I brought Doctor Who to Cardiff in 2005; the BBC Studio, Roath Lock, across the Bay, was built under my aegis. That facility brings, from Doctor Who alone, £24m of business per annum to Cardiff. But you're now suggesting that I sit, in my Cardiff home, and write, with 48 people an hour flying past, screaming, for six months of the year.
This is a residential area. Your entire application confuses Mermaid Quay with Havannah Street. Mermaid Quay is indeed busy and bustling and fun, but that's not where I live. The words Mermaid Quay are not on my postal address, nor on the address of the St David's Hotel. Crucially, Mermaid Quay and Havannah Street have different postcodes. So all your calculations for Mermaid Quay, in terms of noise, population and accessibility, are irrelevant.
Your Accessibility Assessment at 6.1 refers to this as a "one-off event." One person screaming past my windows would be a one-off event. It could even be fun! But 48 people per hour, 8 hours a day for 24 weeks equals a grand total of 64,512 events. That's 64, 512 events. Let me say it again. 64,512 people. Whizzing past my flat. Screaming. While I am working.
This is impossible. I welcome an opportunity to present my objections to you in person, or on camera.
Sincerely,
Russell T Davies