BACKGROUND INFO
There is currently an application (NP/DDD/0299/082) to re-open two dormant quarries (Endcliffe and
Lees Cross) on the hillside below Stanton Moor. This covers some 12 hectares and would have a huge impact
on the hillside with plans to quarry for the next 40 years. To try and protect the hillside we need to
encourage the Peak Park to use its powers under the 1995 Environment Act to the full, and request the
Secretary of State for the Environment to "call in" the application for determination.
Some of the problems with the proposals are:
- Further degradation of the hillside and setting of the Nine Ladies and Stanton Moor
- The old 1952 consent is wholly inappropriate today and runs contrary to Peak Park policies
- Danger of quarrying on a geological landslip
- Threat to local water supply
- Dangerous lorry traffic and access to and from the site
- Decimation of wildlife habitats
- Noise and dust pollution
- Effects on visitors and tourism
THE CAMP
A Direct Action Camp has been established near the proposed quarry site, with tents, treehouses
&c. We currently need more people and more equipment! If you can come to the site, please do, and
if you can bring anything with you that we can make use of - so much the better!
Please contact the camp directly for further information. Their telephone number can be found
on the contacts page.
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