A petition to save the Coal Exchange is being reviewed by the Welsh Assembly.
Questions have been raised about Cardiff council’s decision to demolish the Welsh landmark. The council has been accused of abusing their powers to side step opposition from the local community.
Cardiff council claimed in public that it has no budget to save the Coal Exchange. Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show the council allegedly has £3 million earmarked for the building.
The council continues to spend thousands of pounds on the Coal Exchange every week yet the building is still in desperate need of basic repairs.
The council used Section 78 of the Building Act to declare the building at risk of imminent collapse. That was18 months ago yet the building is still standing.
Jon Avent, of Mann Williams Structural Engineers said, ““Along with many local people I want to see the building saved and protected, and a sustainable future use found which balances appropriate conservation with some sensitive redevelopment. It is hard to understand how Cardiff Council can expend so much time, effort and money in the name of the Coal Exchange without public consultation, whilst apparently achieving so little in terms of protecting the building”
