Chilton Grange Farm
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Chilton Grange Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Ferryhill, County Durham. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1983 and 1987, covering about 5.19 hectares. Reference EAHLD05423, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD05423 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Chilton Grange Farm |
| Address | Gypsy Lane, Ferryhill, County Durham |
| Site operator | Connaughton Contractors |
| Licence holder | John Connaughton |
| Licence issued | 1 January 1983 |
| Licence surrendered | 26 February 1990 |
| First waste input | 1 January 1983 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1987 |
| Area | 5.19 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Dales NE |
| Grid reference | 430400, 529600 |
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.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Kays Hill Railway CuttingInert
- Gypsy LaneWaste types not recorded
- Land to the south of Lough House BankWaste types not recorded
- Area N South of FerryhillWaste types not recorded
- Bradbury QuarrySpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Area M Ferryhill East of A167Waste 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.