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Historic landfill sites in Chichester, West Sussex

The Environment Agency records 40 historic landfill sites in and around Chichester, West Sussex. covering roughly 170 hectares in total. The largest is Tangmere Airfield Runways at 17.09 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Chichester (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Tangmere Airfield Runways17.09 ha1994Waste types not recorded
Drayton Manor17.08 ha1990IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Coach Road16.72 ha1992IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Barnfield Drive16.08 ha1975HouseholdCommercialInert
Railway Tip11.91 ha1960IndustrialInert
Portfield Tip8.54 ha1981IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Postfield Gravel Pit8.5 ha—Waste types not recorded
Birdless Grove7.88 ha—Waste types not recorded
Disused Chichester and Arundel Canal7.33 ha1985Inert
Beggars Lane6.98 ha—Waste types not recorded
Quarry Lane6.69 ha1971HouseholdCommercialInert
Arundel Park Estate6.18 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hunters Lodge3.94 ha1990Inert
Portfield Tip2.99 ha1982IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
North East of St Andrews Close2.96 ha—Waste types not recorded
Florence Road2.64 ha—Inert
Frances Concrete2.64 ha1987Inert
Maddoxwood2.21 ha1955HouseholdCommercialInert
Sidengreen Lane, Maudlin, Westhampnett2.14 ha—Waste types not recorded
Jury Lane2.07 ha1976IndustrialInert
St James Industrial Works, Westhampnett Road1.88 ha—Waste types not recorded
Brinkman Farms1.86 ha1990Inert
Summersdale Copse1.78 ha—Waste types not recorded
Westerton Farm1.57 ha—Waste types not recorded
Canal South Of A271.44 ha1991Liquid / sludgeInert
The Drive1.16 ha1950IndustrialInert
Broadley Copse1.14 ha—Waste types not recorded
Lagness1.13 ha1960HouseholdCommercialInert
Shopwyke Gravel Pit1 ha—Inert
Densworth Farm0.93 ha—Inert
Farndell Close0.7 ha—Waste types not recorded
Canal Near Colworth0.47 ha—Inert
Clay Lane0.44 ha1982Inert
Garden Copse0.44 ha—Waste types not recorded
Kingsham Farm0.33 ha—Liquid / sludge
Pit North of A270.3 ha1985Inert
Claypit Lane0.29 ha—Waste types not recorded
Goodwood Estate0.26 ha1982Inert
Goodwood airfield0.22 ha1985IndustrialCommercialInert
Bank's south of Quarry Lane0.2 ha1977IndustrialInert

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 Chichester?
40 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Chichester 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 Chichester?
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.