Colgate Farm
SpecialInert
Colgate Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1975 and 1979, covering about 3.05 hectares. Reference EAHLD27786, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD27786 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Colgate Farm |
| Address | Ham Hill, Wittington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | J D Hughes |
| Licence issued | 13 January 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 November 1992 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1975 |
| Last waste input | 1 February 1979 |
| Area | 3.05 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 398100, 221100 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Northfield FarmInert
- Disused Railway CuttingHousehold
- Recreation Ground at OakleyWaste types not recorded
- Lasnd at the Old Sand PitWaste 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.