Backdale and Longstone Edge

Images from Bleaklow's Environmental Impact Assessment compared to Construction News Image
Bleaklow commissioned an EIA and submitted it in 2000. The planning authority refused to accept it for petty bureaucratic reasons. If they had accepted it work would now be conducted behind a
carefully planned screen as shown below.

 

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Image from Construction News 15.06.06


Image from Construction News 15th June 2006.
Image of Backdale in 2000

Image from EIA showing site as it existed in 2000 - Note narrow entrance and shielding banks left in place.
Image of Backdale after restoration showing tree screening


Image from EIA showing predicted view of quarry illustrating restoration scheme. Note screen fully planted
and original entrance retained.
Image of planning approved extent of opencast working

Image from EIA showing predicted view of quarry illustrating current planning approved extent of opencast workings.
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