Longstone Edge Coalition Formed
22 April 2008
A coalition of conservations groups has been formed to press for the end of quarrying on Longstone Edge.
The group includes the Save Longstone Edge Group as well as the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Friends of the Earth, Friends of the Peak District, the Council for National Parks, Plantlife, the British Mountaineering Council and the Ramblers' Association.
It wants the Government to provide cash to allow the Peak District National Park Authority to revoke planning permission for mining at Backdale Quarry, near Bakewell, and pay compensation to the owner if necessary.
The coalition has been formed in the wake of a High Court judgment which allows opencast mining of fluorspar at Backdale to resume.
Read the Sheffield Star article