How many former landfill sites are there in South Molton?

5 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of South Molton 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 South Molton?

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.

Historic landfill sites in South Molton, Devon

Name: EA Historic Landfill Sites
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence

The Environment Agency records 5 historic landfill sites in and around South Molton, Devon. covering roughly 7 hectares in total. The largest is Hacche Moor at 2.36 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

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

All recorded sites, largest first

Site	Area	Last input	Waste types
Hacche Moor	2.36 ha	—	IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
North Aller	2.13 ha	—	IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Parkhouse Lodge	1.07 ha	1992	IndustrialInert
Nutcombe	0.55 ha	—	Waste types not recorded
Burrow Farm	0.41 ha	—	IndustrialInert

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 South Molton?: 5 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of South Molton 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 South Molton?: 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.