A mining company's application to work a Peak District quarry for six years has been given the go-ahead after a court decision looked like throwing the application into doubt.
In January, Peak District National Park Authority granted Glebe Mines permission to extract 660,000 tonnes of fluorspar ore from Tearsall Quarry over six years, on Bonsall Moor.
It followed an offer by Glebe to give up its rights to quarry minerals at another environmentally-sensitive site – Peak Pasture, at Longstone Edge.
But in March, a Court of Appeal decision clarified the legal status of quarries on Longstone Edge, including Peak Pasture.
As a result, authority members have reconsidered whether the benefits gained were still sufficient to warrant allowing the Tearsall application to go ahead.
After a debate, authority members decided that, on balance, the benefits of protecting Peak Pasture meant the application should proceed.
Narendra Bajaria, chair of the Peak District National Park Authority, said: "Even with the new ruling, the 1952 planning permission covering Peak Pasture doesn't require the site to be restored once quarrying has finished."
Source: Bakewell Today
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