Brackencroft Farm
Inert
Brackencroft Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Guiseley. It received inert waste between 1985 and 1994, covering about 0.67 hectares. Reference EAHLD03561, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD03561 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Brackencroft Farm |
| Address | Moor Lane, Guisley |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | John Malcolm Smith |
| Licence issued | 8 December 1993 |
| Licence surrendered | 26 August 1994 |
| First waste input | 1 January 1985 |
| Last waste input | 31 March 1994 |
| Area | 0.67 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Dales NE |
| Grid reference | 418900, 443300 |
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
- Moor Top ReservoirCommercialInert
- Moor LaneIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Moor LaneInert
- Carlton Lane QuarryInert
- West Chevin DelphHousehold
- Yorkgate QuarryInert
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.