Landfill Check

Daneswood Farm

CommercialInert

Daneswood Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Yeadon. It received commercial and inert waste between 1977 and 1990, covering about 1.24 hectares. Reference EAHLD03577, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD03577
Site nameDaneswood Farm
AddressOld Lane, East Chevin, Otley, Leeds
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderJohn M Sykes and Son
Licence issued18 July 1978
Licence surrendered28 April 1994
First waste input1 April 1977
Last waste input1 October 1990
Area1.24 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference422400, 443900

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.

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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.