Blackpan Farm
IndustrialInert
Blackpan Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Shanklin, Isle of Wight. It received industrial and inert waste between 1981 and 1990, covering about 2.02 hectares. Reference EAHLD20872, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20872 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Blackpan Farm |
| Address | Merrie Gardens Farm, Lake, Blackpen |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 January 1981 |
| Last waste input | 1 January 1990 |
| Area | 2.02 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Hampshire and Isle of Wight SO |
| Grid reference | 458100, 83600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Cheverton Shute LakeInert
- Ninham WithybedInert
- Landguard Caravan ParkInert
- TrackCommercial
- Perowne WayIndustrialInert
- Land At DownsviewWaste 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.