Last month the Court of Appeal rejected plans by quarry company Stancliffe Stone to reopen Endcliffe and Lees Cross quarries, near Bakewell, even though the company already had planning permission for those sites.
That permission has been subject to many legal battles in the past about whether the site should be classed as active or dormant.
Environmentalists feared the quarrying would have a massive detrimental impact on a nearby Bronze Age stone circle known as the Nine Ladies.
However, since Stancliffe Stone originally applied to the Court of Appeal last summer, it has been exploring alternative ways of resolving the long-running controversy, which could include seeking permission to work a different site, Dale View quarry.
But residents in Stanton-in-Peak are completely opposed to the idea, claiming it would cause huge problems – including the destruction of much-loved local landscape.
In protest, a new group calling itself SADE – Stanton Against the Destruction of our Environment – is planning to form a human chain around the contested new site.
Spokeswoman Julie Kidd said: "Everyone thinks the war is won. But it's not for us. Stancliffe Stone are abandoning Lees Cross and Endcliffe to focus on a greenfield extension to Dale View quarry instead.
"But Dale View is already closer than ever to the stone circle, and much, much closer to the village. It will ruin the most popular approach to the Nine Ladies site – the first view visitors will have of Stanton Moor is a huge hole in the ground.
"The environmental damage will be much more visible. We're completely mystified as to why the National Park Authority is even entertaining the idea."
The group says the proposed extension is too big, claiming it will be over one mile round.
To highlight this, from noon this Saturday the boundaries will be marked out with a human chain between Stanton-in-Peak and Stanton Lees, near Matlock.
However, Stancliffe Stone chiefs say they have already revised their plans in response to meetings with residents. This includes cutting in half the proposed extension to Dale View quarry.
General manager Mike Jones said: "We held a pre-consultation event for local residents and interested groups so that we could listen to their feedback and use it constructively to help us develop our plans. And that's exactly what we've done, revising the boundary of the proposed extension to ensure no quarrying will take place near the woodland which forms a natural buffer between the proposed quarry extension and the village."
He said Stancliffe had also responded to feedback about lorry movements and would be applying for a reduced number of lorry movements as part of its extension application.
A spokeswoman from the Peak District National Park Authority said they could not comment on specifics as no planning application had been received for an extension to Dale View quarry.
However, if an application was received, it would be subject to the "highest standards of scrutiny" where members of SADE and all other interested parties would be consulted.
emma.dunlop@ypn.co.uk