Historic landfill sites in Steyning, West Sussex
The Environment Agency records 27 historic landfill sites in and around Steyning, West Sussex. covering roughly 99 hectares in total. The largest is Small Dole Landfill Site at 33.1 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Steyning (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Dole Landfill Site | 33.1 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Halewick Lane Tip | 14.64 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| RMC Workshop | 5.67 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Brickworks | 5.65 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| West of RMC Workshops | 4.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kings Barn Farm | 4.32 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Roma Farm | 3.48 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Water Lane | 3.2 ha | 1970 | IndustrialInert |
| East Wolves Farm | 3.02 ha | — | Inert |
| Foxhall Farm | 2.73 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Thakeham Tiles | 1.9 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Angells Sandpit Landfill | 1.89 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oreham Piggeries | 1.75 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Broadbridge Farm | 1.71 ha | — | Inert |
| Dial Post | 1.68 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Golding Barn Chalk Pit | 1.41 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Storrington, Townehouse Farm | 1.26 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Hundred Steddles | 1.22 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Elbourne House | 1.05 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Hollands Lane | 0.99 ha | 1965 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| East Wolves Farm | 0.94 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Glazeby Road | 0.74 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Newbrook Farm | 0.46 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Sandgate Park | 0.41 ha | — | Inert |
| Coombes Road | 0.23 ha | 1960 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Small Dole, South of Mackleys | 0.2 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Pound Lane | 0.2 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Steyning?
- 27 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Steyning 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 Steyning?
- 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.