A CAMPAIGN group is stepping up the pressure to 'free the hills' ahead of the renewal of military licences for Dartmoor in 2012. The Free the Hills campaign group, a think tank of users of dartmoor, is calling on HRH the Prince of Wales to ban military live firing on High Willhays and Yes Tor. Clive Allen, director of the group and an army veteran, said: 'High Willhays and Yes Tor are the highest summits in southern England. They are summits in a National Park and there should be access to them at all times. 'Military training has been damaging and disruptive to the Dartmoor National Park. There should be a public enquiry into all aspects of the military's use of Dartmoor.' Free the Hills believe that 'freeing' the two highest tors would still leave the Ministry of Defence tens of thousands of training acres on Dartmoor but would be symbolic in upholding the National Park ethos. They stated they are not opposed to military training on Dartmoor but to restrictive live firing exercises and see it as being incompatible with the National Park ethos. Responding to the group's calls, Lt Col ,Tony Clarke, said: 'They are entitled to make whatever comments they wish but the group has not contacted the MoD. 'This is an issue being dealt with by the key stake holders within the ongoing preparations for re- negotiations of the Duchy licence.' The military have had a presence on Dartmoor for 200 years — a far longer period than the area has been a National Park. The principal licence for the military to train on Dartmoor expires in 2012 and an extensive study, review and public consolation, prior to the re-negotiation of the licence, is taking place. Dartmoor is used by the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Territorial and Regular Army, the Officers' Training Corps of Exeter and Bristol universities as well as cadet groups. Soldiers undergo intensive and continued training in order to maintain a constant state of readiness.