Landfill Check

Crookes Valley Open Space

CommercialInert

Crookes Valley Open Space is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sheffield. It received commercial and inert waste between 1981 and 1982, covering about 4.54 hectares. Reference EAHLD04704, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD04704
Site nameCrookes Valley Open Space
AddressOxford Street, Sheffield
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderCity of Sheffield Metropolitan District Council
Licence issued30 November 1981
Licence surrendered18 October 1982
First waste input30 November 1981
Last waste input18 October 1982
Area4.54 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference434000, 387700

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

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.