Candy Filter Sludge Ponds
SpecialLiquid / sludge
Candy Filter Sludge Ponds is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Corby, North Northamptonshire. It received special (hazardous) and liquid/sludge waste from 1984, covering about 1.73 hectares. Reference EAHLD02021, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD02021 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Candy Filter Sludge Ponds |
| Address | Corby, Northamptonshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | BSC Corby |
| Licence issued | 4 June 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 March 1984 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 1.73 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northern AN |
| Grid reference | 490200, 290500 |
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.
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
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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.