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Peak quarry plans finally submitted

Submitted by PaulM on Sunday, 21 December 2003  Page Views: 6191

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Revised proposals have been submitted to the Peak District National Park Authority for the reopening of the controversial quarries at Stanton Lees near Matlock.

Stancliffe Stone Ltd is seeking to commence work at the quarries, which have been dormant for several decades.

The National Park Authority has previously stated that it does not want the quarries to be reopened due to their proximity to Stanton Lees and the scheduled ancient monument on Stanton Moor.

However, the Authority will now examine the company's proposals and a consultation process will get underway.

The quarries were originally covered by a planning consent granted by the Government in 1952. They were classified as dormant under the Environment Act 1995, which meant that no further extraction could take place until new working conditions were determined by the Authority.

Stancliffe Stone Ltd submitted a proposal in 1999 accompanied by an Environmental Statement, but the Authority asked for further information to be submitted.

The new information - submitted on 12 December - should complete the Environmental Statement. The Authority will now consult interested parties on the proposal and will then determine a scheme of conditions for the operation of the quarry.

John Bull, Chair of the Authority's Planning Control Committee, said: "This is a very sensitive site and the proposal to reopen the quarries will be controversial. After several years of uncertainty we hope to move ahead and bring the matter to a conclusion by next April.

"However, people need to be aware that it is not within our power to refuse permission for the quarries to re-open – the site already has permission. The Authority's role will be to approve a set of modified conditions for working the site in an appropriate way."

Copies of the plans are being sent to consultees including Stanton-in-Peak Parish Council, and they are available for inspection at the National Park Authority's offices at Aldern House, Bakewell.

Interested parties will have around two months to lodge their comments, which should be made in writing to the Planning Service, Peak District National Park Authority, Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell DE45 1AE.
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Re: Peak quarry plans finally submitted by Anonymous on Monday, 01 March 2004
I cannot understand how planning consent given over 50 years ago should still carry weight a generation later, after a lapse of so long a time. Surely the site should be assessed on present knowledge and in the present climate of environmental concern and awareness of how precious and how easily lost is our archaeological and environmental heritage. Such landscapes are unique. Just because our short-sighted forefathers gave permission for rapacious acts upon our countryside to take place - 50 years ago in the relief and aftermath of a gruelling war - shouldn't mean that it holds good for today's enlightened generation.

Along a similar vein - farmers are allowed to do whatever they wish with their land (National Park's excepted) - according to an act given in gratitude for efforts in food production during the last war. Unfortunately, it means in my area, that farming land can be bought up so that valleys, streams and natural gullies can be used for lucrative landfill sites. I also know of a farmer who cut down the four massive oaks on his land - which girth-wise pointed to their being over 1000 years old - in order to help pay for his daughter's wedding! People who live on and farm the countryside should be aware that they make use of it for their own lifetimes - it ought not to be despoiled for monetary gain - it is a precious commodity and should be held in trust for future generations.
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Re: Peak quarry plans finally submitted by PaulM on Saturday, 27 December 2003
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From the Park:

The further details submitted are available for viewing by appointment at the Peak District National Park Authority offices at Bakewell, this is Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell. You are also able to view it at the applicants (Stancliffe Stone Co. Ltd) offices: Grangemill, Matlock, Derbyshire, by arrangement. Stancliffe Stone's phone number to arrange this is 01629 650 859.

If you wish to see a copy of the non-technical summary (a summary of the Environmental Statement) the applicant did mention this may be available online, you may wish to ask them about this. A copy will also be sent to the Stanton parish Council in the New Year, and you may be able to arrange to see it through them. We do not place copies of applications in libraries or Information Centres for viewing.
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Re: Peak quarry plans finally submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, 23 December 2003
Surely as the Peak District Planning Authority does not wish the quarry to be reopened it has the power to refuse permission for quarrying to start again.Why is it not within the power of the Authority to refuse permission.
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    Re: Peak quarry plans finally submitted by PaulM on Saturday, 27 December 2003
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    The quarry already has planning permission thanks to the post-war building boom. The fact that it has been lying dormant for all these years is apparently immaterial.

    All the Park has the power to do realistically is amend conditions to bring the quarry upto 'modern' environmental standards.

    It could revoke the planning permission but then compensation would have to be paid to the operator. This compo would more than likely be bigger than the Park's budget!
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