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A. P. C. M. Limited Melton

IndustrialInert

A. P. C. M. Limited Melton is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Winterton, North Lincolnshire. It received industrial and inert waste from 1947, covering about 17.46 hectares. Reference EAHLD31704, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD31704
Site nameA. P. C. M. Limited Melton
AddressMelton, Yorkshire
Site operatorAssociated Portland Cement Manufacturers Limited
Licence holderSam Allon (Hull) Limited
Licence issued16 May 1988
Licence surrenderedNot recorded
First waste input31 December 1947
Last waste inputNot recorded
Area17.46 ha
Gas controlYes
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference496500, 424800

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Industrial:
factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

Other historic landfill sites nearby

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.