Landfill Check

Camblesforth Bypass Tip

IndustrialInert

Camblesforth Bypass Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Selby, North Yorkshire. It received industrial and inert waste between 1978 and 1982, covering about 2.04 hectares. Reference EAHLD05290, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD05290
Site nameCamblesforth Bypass Tip
AddressDrax Power Station, Selby, North Yorkshire
Site operatorC E G B
Licence holderC E G B (North Eastern Region)
Licence issued26 October 1978
Licence surrendered29 March 1982
First waste input15 August 1978
Last waste input26 March 1982
Area2.04 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaDales NE
Grid reference465900, 426300

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

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

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.