Landfill Check

Bromham By Pass

Inert

Bromham By Pass is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Kempston, Bedford. It received inert waste between 1985 and 1986, covering about 0.79 hectares. Reference EAHLD01134, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD01134
Site nameBromham By Pass
AddressBiddenham, Bromham, Bedfordshire
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderHenry Boot Southern Limited
Licence issued7 November 1985
Licence surrendered31 December 1986
First waste input30 November 1985
Last waste input31 December 1986
Area0.79 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaCentral AN
Grid reference501400, 250400

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.

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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.