Boswellick
Inert
Boswellick is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Truro, Cornwall. It received inert waste between 1990 and 1991, covering about 4.9 hectares. Reference EAHLD08297, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD08297 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Boswellick |
| Address | St Allen, Truro |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Coles Excavations Limited |
| Licence issued | 12 September 1990 |
| Licence surrendered | 25 April 1994 |
| First waste input | 1 October 1990 |
| Last waste input | 30 June 1991 |
| Area | 4.9 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Cornwall SW |
| Grid reference | 181000, 50300 |
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
- East Of Tolgroggan FarmWaste types not recorded
- Lanner Barton FarmWaste 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.