Longstone Edge - The Threats Remain
3 April 2010
Public Meeting - Calver Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 13 April
Save Longstone Edge Group Chairman John Lambert has warned that serious threats still remain to Longstone Edge, even though the quarrying by Bleaklow Industries has been stopped by the court.
In a newsletter, John Lambert notes that for the last 6 months or so there has been no activity by Bleaklow Industries. However Bleaklow is seeking leave to take its case to the European Court of Human Rights. So there are continuing risks to the area south of Bramley Lane, including the areas known as Backdale, Wagers Flat and Beacon Rod.
He also notes uncertainty surrounding future activities of the other quarrying company active on Longstone Edge, Glebe Mines. On one hand a deal struck with the Peak District National Park to hold off opening new quarries remains unsigned. At present there is nothing preventing Glebe from quarrying the large area above the village of Curbar, in the area known as Peak Pasture.
And Glebe's parent company has sold its fluorspar business, but the purchaser has not bought the Glebe Mines division, so the future for this company, and the mineral rights that they own, is unclear.
John Lambert invites everyone with an interest in preserving Longstone Edge to a public meeting in Calver Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 13 April.