Welcome

The idea behind this site is to provide information and links that are of use to the residents of Great Longstone and the surrounding hamlets and to supplement the excellent work already being undertaken by the team producing our superb local newsletter "Under the Edge".

The site is run using a sophisticated content management system. In practice this means that lots of people in the village can be given access to update particular parts of the site without needing any special software – just internet access.

Parish Clerk

For details of the vacancy for a Parish Clerk in Great Longstone please go to:

www.greatlongstone.net/clerk

Solving a Derbyshire Mystery

Finding Information on this Site

Please use the search box on your left or the A-Z page. If there is any other information you think should be added to the site please do let me know.

Village Hall 100 Years

You can see videos of the 100th birthday party for the village hall here.

Easy New way of Reporting Problems to the District & County Councils

Quarry News

25 June 2009 - The Peak District National Park Authority is delighted that the House of Lords has refused to hear an appeal against its enforcement action at Backdale quarry on Longstone Edge.See Peak District Website for more details.

18 March 2009 - Court of Appeal upholds Authority action on Backdale quarry

The Court of Appeal has upheld the Peak District National Park Authority’s enforcement action to control limestone quarrying at Backdale on Longstone Edge.This is a significant milestone in a long drawn out legal process. This week (March 18) three Court of Appeal judges ruled unanimously that the High Court decision should be overturned. See Peak District Website for more details.

If you want to see the quarry people's angle on this click here.

Information about Quarrying on Longstone Edge, includes copies of the original 1952 Planning Permissions and maps.

22 February 2008 - Enforcement notice on Wagers Flat is not null – Inspector - The Peak District National Park Authority’s enforcement notice against excess limestone operations at Wagers Flat is not null, a planning inspector has decided. This means that an eight-day public inquiry into operations at the site on Longstone Edge, scheduled to start on May 13, is now likely to go ahead. See Peak District Web-site for more details

7 January 2008 - Legal action taken to protect environment at Longstone Edge - The Peak District National Park Authority is taking legal action requiring the owners and operators of Backdale Quarry to stop unlawful quarrying. A stop notice has been issued to operator MMC Midlands Ltd and landowners Bleaklow Industries Ltd to protect the sensitive countryside at the quarry site on the eastern end of Longstone Edge, near Bakewell. See Peak District Web-site for more details

9 November 2007 - Quarry inquiry – "important result" for National Park landscape - The Peak District National Park Authority has welcomed a public inquiry decision upholding its action to prevent unauthorised limestone working at Smalldale Head quarry on Bradwell Moor. See Peak District Web-site for more details

30th July 2007 - Vigilance continues on Longstone Edge quarries - The Peak District National Park Authority has told quarry operators it would consider further action if any resumption of quarrying at Backdale resulted in unlawful mineral working. See Peak District Web-site for more details.

New on the Site

Details of the new Parish Council following the elections on 3rd May 2007.

Longstone Primary's Annual Report for 2004/5 is available here.

The April update of the 2005 Village Video project is now available on this site.

Check out the Cricket Club page and the link at the bottom which goes through to a collection of Mike Watson's old photos.

History

A bit about Great Longstone in the 1870's