Billinge Farm
Inert
Billinge Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Leyland, Lancashire. It received inert waste between 1987 and 1989, covering about 0.33 hectares. Reference EAHLD07662, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07662 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Billinge Farm |
| Address | Southport Road, Eccleston, Chorley, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | J Howarth |
| Licence issued | 20 June 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1987 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1989 |
| Area | 0.33 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 352700, 418200 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Billinge FarmIndustrialInert
- Culbreck House FarmInert
- Ingrave FarmInert
- Snubsnape FarmWaste types not recorded
- Wood LaneWaste types not recorded
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.