Deanshut Clough
HouseholdCommercialInert
Deanshut Clough is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Lees. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1990 and 1992, covering about 1.46 hectares. Reference EAHLD16326, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16326 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Deanshut Clough |
| Address | Warren Lane, Hathershaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Director of Technical Services, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Licence issued | 31 October 1990 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1990 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1992 |
| Area | 1.46 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 393800, 403100 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- 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
- Recreation Grounds at Lower FieldsInert
- Land at Nether Hey StreetWaste types not recorded
- Opposite 4 Norbury LaneInert
- Land at Honeywell MillWaste types not recorded
- Land At Glodwick LowsInert
- Land at Pitt Street EastWaste 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.