C R Longley Ltd
SpecialIndustrialInert
C R Longley Ltd is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Dewsbury. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste between 1900 and 2010, covering about 0.44 hectares. Reference EAHLD35738, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD35738 |
|---|---|
| Site name | C R Longley Ltd |
| Address | Ravensthorpe Road, Dewsbury, Thornhill Lees, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | C R Longley Ltd |
| Licence holder | C R Longley Ltd |
| Licence issued | 13 April 1992 |
| Licence surrendered | 8 July 2010 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1900 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.44 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Yorkshire |
| Grid reference | 423010, 419838 |
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.
- 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
- Land ar Ravensthorpe RoadCommercialInert
- Thornhill Power StationIndustrialInert
- Forge LaneIndustrialCommercialInert
- Park RoadWaste types not recorded
- Pilgrim TipLiquid / sludgeCommercial
- Railway CuttingCommercialInert
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.