Quarry Wrangle on Stanton Moor
Sep 19th, 2008 by Peak District Cottages
18 September 2008
The Peak District National Park Authority is delighted to have achieved a final agreement to save a historic Peak District moor from the re-activation of a dormant quarry.
Following extended negotiations with landowners and quarry operators, the final legal documents were completed this week. It ends years of controversy, court cases and concern over risks to bronze age remains such as the Nine Ladies Stone Circle on Stanton Moor, near Bakewell.
It means that quarry company Stancliffe Stone is voluntarily giving up, without compensation, the 1952 planning permission for Lees Cross and Endcliffe quarry on the edge of Stanton Moor - ending the possibility that it may be re-opened.
In exchange, the authority has issued planning permission for Stancliffe Stone to extend Dale View quarry, further away from the most sensitive sites.
Stanton Moor’s central sector includes nationally-significant archaeological remains and important wildlife habitats. The authority has long sought to protect this area and minimise quarrying’s impact on local communities, while acknowledging quarry operators’ existing rights. It drew up the Stanton Moor Principles in 2000 to define these priorities, after consultations with landowners, quarry operators and local people.
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