Cutting
SpecialInert
Cutting is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Droylsden. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1978 and 1979, covering about 1.76 hectares. Reference EAHLD16494, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16494 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Cutting |
| Address | Moorside Street, Droylesden, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Excavation and Contracting Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 13 July 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 August 1978 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1979 |
| Area | 1.76 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 391200, 398900 |
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
- Former Gas WorksInert
- Medlock Vale Farm Inert Landfill SiteWaste types not recorded
- Land at Brookdale Golf ClubInert
- Vales LaneWaste types not recorded
- Jerico LodgeWaste types not recorded
- Bottom Fields FarmInert
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.