Bell Lane
HouseholdCommercialInert
Bell Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Radlett, Hertfordshire. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1973 and 1980, covering about 11.03 hectares. Reference EAHLD12626, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD12626 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Bell Lane |
| Address | London Colney, Hertfordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Redland Aggregates Limited |
| Licence issued | 1 June 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 19 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 6 March 1973 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1980 |
| Area | 11.03 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 518200, 202900 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- 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
- Bell LaneWaste types not recorded
- Bell LaneHouseholdInert
- Broad Colney Gravel Pits No.2HouseholdCommercialInert
- Bell LaneHouseholdCommercialInert
- Bell LaneHouseholdCommercialInert
- Broad Colney Gravel Pits No.4HouseholdCommercialInert
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.