Bullcroft Spring
SpecialInert
Bullcroft Spring is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1973 and 1979, covering about 0.49 hectares. Reference EAHLD12345, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD12345 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Bullcroft Spring |
| Address | North Hill, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Hon A Cayzer |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 7 November 1973 |
| Last waste input | 1 May 1979 |
| Area | 0.49 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 503100, 197700 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Chiltons Wood LandfillWaste types not recorded
- Dell WoodWaste 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.