Coghlan Bright Steel Limited
CommercialInert
Coghlan Bright Steel Limited is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Leeds. It received commercial and inert waste between 1947 and 1980, covering about 0.23 hectares. Reference EAHLD03692, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD03692 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Coghlan Bright Steel Limited |
| Address | Hunslet Forge, Thwaite Gate, Leeds |
| Site operator | Coghlan Bright Steel Limited |
| Licence holder | Coghlan Bright Steel Limited |
| Licence issued | 22 June 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 14 March 1980 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1947 |
| Last waste input | 14 March 1980 |
| Area | 0.23 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 432100, 431200 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Curve of Roadway directly behind Severn Way Industrial EstateCommercialInert
- Hunslet East Tip SiteWaste types not recorded
- Land at Junction of Pepper Road/Pepper LaneCommercialInert
- Knostrop DepotCommercialInert
- Severn WayCommercialInert
- Thwaite FarmWaste 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.