Behind Brickfield Cotts
SpecialCommercialInert
Behind Brickfield Cotts is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. It received special (hazardous), commercial and inert waste between 1987 and 1993, covering about 0.11 hectares. Reference EAHLD02496, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD02496 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Behind Brickfield Cotts |
| Address | Off Yarmouth Road, Ormesby St Margaret |
| Site operator | A J Key and Son |
| Licence holder | A J Key and Son |
| Licence issued | 10 September 1989 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1987 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1993 |
| Area | 0.11 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Eastern AN |
| Grid reference | 650500, 314300 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- 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.
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.