Park Authority Can Appeal Against Quarry

The Peak District National Park Authority has been granted permisison to appeal against the High Court decision to allow continued quarrying at Longstone Edge in the Peak District.

It's the latest chapter in the long battle being fought over the Peak District quarry where a legal loophole has allowed the owners to remove vast quantities of limestone under the pretext that it's a by-product of the permitted quarrying of fluorspar and other minerals.

The Longstone Edge Coalition, which includes outdoor bodies like the Ramblers' Association and the British Mountaineering Council is campaigning for the government to step in and put a stop to the quarrying.

The worry now is that the pending appeal will spark accelerated extraction of limestone until the appeal can be heard, probably before the end of this year.

More details in previous OM articles linked below.