Cockhill Lane Refuse Tip
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Cockhill Lane Refuse Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Halifax. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1971 and 1982, covering about 1.35 hectares. Reference EAHLD31565, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD31565 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Cockhill Lane Refuse Tip |
| Address | Shelf, Halifax, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | Queensbury and Shelf Urban District Council |
| Licence holder | Queensbury and Shelf Urban District Council |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 March 1971 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1982 |
| Area | 1.35 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 411600, 428300 |
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
- Shelf Mill DamsInert
- Lower Bowl Shaw FarmInert
- Landmere Quarry NorthIndustrialInert
- Land at Field Bottom FarmCommercialInert
- Landemere QuarrySpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert
- Opposite 47-53 Brow LaneWaste 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.