nine ladies no real victory — The real news direct from the nine ladies collective.

Today we final­ly received the high court ver­dict regard­ing the clas­si­fi­ca­tion of the quar­ries at lees cross and end­cliffe. the quar­ries are now (or still) offi­cial­ly dor­mant. This means that the quar­ries can­not re open until the peak park have agreed a set of work­ing con­di­tions for them. Stan­cliffe Stone still have the per­mis­sion to quar­ry from 1952, and the peak park still have the pow­er to revoke the per­mis­sion, or to impose such restric­tions that the re open­ing of the quar­ries would be finan­cial­ly unvi­able. Our protest site must and will con­tin­ue to exist in order to pro­tect our beau­ti­ful hill­side (in the sec­ond most vis­it­ed nation­al park on the plan­et), as it is still quite pos­si­ble that this awe­some nat­ur­al her­itage of ours could be destroyed. Please dont let the media con­vince you that this is a vic­to­ry on our behalf. Please send your com­ments on the pro­pos­als to re-open Lees Cross and End­cliffe quar­ries to The Peak Dis­tric Nation­al Park Plan­ning Author­i­ty and Lord Edward Man­ners of ‘Had­don Hall’ (who owns the land) or come and vis­it our protest com­mu­ni­ty. Thank you (and a hap­py near­ly-sol­stice) from the 9‑ladies col­lec­tive! x x x