THE cable car top station design has three floors and is dug into the Beacon.

This would require granite to be blasted out and removed by a road coming up from the Wyche for a mile round Summer Hill and the Beacon.

This "environmentally sensitive" design would entail blowing up and tarmacking over part of an ancient monument, a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) and area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).

This development would have a huge impact on the north end of the hills (litter, smell, noise, lights) and on the plants and animals (soil erosion, disturbance, habitat loss, wear and tear).

We would be widely condemned for disfiguring a national asset.

They give an example of 600 people (15 coaches) taking 1,250 trips a day on average for nine months to make £56,000 profit.

If there were on average 1,000 trips a day, by their figures, it would make a loss of £275,000 a year. How would the debt be paid in these circumstances?

Would it have to be subsidised from the rates, could they sell it, or could the top station be developed or its use changed?

Visitors who came by car would fill all the side streets before they used the car parks.

Nick Saunders

Malvern