A bumpy ride in Stoney Middleton

I've just waded through a decision of the Planning Inspectorate regarding a byway from Stoney Middleton to Eyam, which is to be scheduled as a Byway Open to All Traffic. This clearly would make it available to for off-roaders to wreck. The decision is 17 pages long, but the nub of it is that the road has been open to "mechanically propelled vehicles" since 1759 and therefore should remain so. The fact that there were no mechanically propelled vehicles in 1759 is apparently not relevant. The report also says "there is no need for me to address the issues raised by the objectors regarding the alleged nuisance that would arise by virtue of use by motor vehicles." So another bit of the Peak District remains open to be destroyed, along with the peace and tranquility of the residents, by four-wheel drives and off-road motorcycles. What a travesty.