Landfill Check

Abbotsford Road Allotments

CommercialInert

Abbotsford Road Allotments is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hartlepool, Hartlepool. It received commercial and inert waste in 1980, covering about 1.34 hectares. Reference EAHLD05514, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD05514
Site nameAbbotsford Road Allotments
AddressHartlepool, Cleveland
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderEngineer and Surveyors Department
Licence issued27 October 1980
Licence surrendered9 January 1984
First waste input31 October 1980
Last waste input31 December 1980
Area1.34 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaDales NE
Grid reference451000, 530700

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

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Commercial:
waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
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.