Ex Springfield Tileries/Wheatleys
IndustrialInert
Ex Springfield Tileries/Wheatleys is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. It received industrial and inert waste between 1976 and 1989, covering about 1.81 hectares. Reference EAHLD24099, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD24099 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Ex Springfield Tileries/Wheatleys |
| Address | London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke On Trent |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Turnscan Limited |
| Licence issued | 6 May 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 22 November 1989 |
| First waste input | 30 September 1976 |
| Last waste input | 20 June 1989 |
| Area | 1.81 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 386000, 344400 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Springfields TileriesWaste types not recorded
- Football Ground Off Clayton LaneWaste types not recorded
- West Of Brookfield RoadWaste types not recorded
- Lyme Valley ParkwayWaste types not recorded
- Old Canal Bed South East Of London RoadHousehold
- Pool Dam SidingsHousehold
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.