Landfill Check

Ben Johnsons Pit

SpecialInert

Ben Johnsons Pit is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Market Deeping, Lincolnshire. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1985 and 1993, covering about 8.48 hectares. Reference EAHLD01814, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD01814
Site nameBen Johnsons Pit
AddressHelpston
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderHunts Refuse Limited
Licence issued28 October 1985
Licence surrendered4 March 1993
First waste input29 October 1985
Last waste input3 March 1993
Area8.48 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentYes
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthern AN
Grid reference512300, 302900

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.
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.