Save Longstone Edge ?
The Public Inquiry in respect of Backdale Quarry on Longstone Edge has been cancelled ! It seems hard to believe when you see what damage is being done to this hillside.
Go to http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/index/news/news-display-page.htm?id=11942 for more information.
I wonder what happens now ?
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Very little it would seem until they hear the detail of Prescott's decision.
Do you know what the case in Wales is to which the article refers?
The case in Wales was Payne v National Assembly for Wales and Caerphilly County Borough Council.
Go to http://www.longstone-edge.org.uk/ for more information about what the Save Longstone Edge Group are doing now ...
This may seem a bit sacrilegeous but looking at the photo of the main glebe workings I wonder, if they cannot stop the workings, the Longstone Edge Group could be a bit more imaginative perhaps in negotiating the restoration.
Simply filling in the hole seems to me to be a missed opportunity for providing a very interesting wildlife habitat and walking route.
Imagine walking along down that huge cleft with birds (eagles?)wheeling above.
Wouldn't that be great.
It's a fair point but I think the Save Longstone Edge Group are particularly concerned as they aren't quite sure how far the quarrying is going to go.
The quarry company has [allegedly] already quarried away an old lane which has had to be diverted.
There have certainly been other schemes to landscape old mines and quarries as we all know in North Derbyshire for example. Whilst they might be lucky to get eagles at Longstone Edge, ravens and various birds of prey are a possibility ..... and some sort of landscaping ought to be attempted at some stage certainly.
Derbyshire [and the Peak District in particular] has this constant dilemma between landscape and work doesn't it.
I studied lead mining for a time at evening classes. Our particular interest was the area of Elton.
I think the lecturer was using us as unpaid researchers for his next book.
We used to go to Chatsworth and copy entries from the records held there.
It did give an insight into just how industrial some of the areas we now consider green and pleasant once were.
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