Historic landfill sites in Chard, Somerset
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Chard, Somerset. covering roughly 18 hectares in total. The largest is Paull's Copse at 3.06 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Chard (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paull's Copse | 3.06 ha | — | SpecialHouseholdCommercial |
| Chaffcombe Road | 2.54 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quarry Near Combe Beacon Lane | 1.82 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Thornfield | 1.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chard Corporation Tip | 1.24 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Palfreys Lane | 1.13 ha | — | Inert |
| Lime Pits Copse | 0.97 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Canal | 0.95 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Farm | 0.79 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Tatworth | 0.53 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Church Path | 0.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Higher Farm Landfill | 0.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whitebridge | 0.41 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Snowdon Hill | 0.35 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Westbury Quarry | 0.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Clayhanger Cross | 0.28 ha | — | Inert |
| Axminster Raod | 0.27 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stoopers Hill | 0.21 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Batehams Pit | 0.2 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Dismantled Railway off Perry Street | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oakleigh | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Church Farm | 0.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crowshute Recreation Garden | 0.07 ha | — | Inert |
| Colham Lane | 0.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
What this data does — and doesn't — cover
- Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
- Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
- Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
- Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.
EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.
Common questions
- How many former landfill sites are there in Chard?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Chard town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
- How do I check a specific address in Chard?
- Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.
Nearby areas
Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.