Former Sewage works
SpecialIndustrialInert
Former Sewage works is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Pudsey. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste in 1990, covering about 6.77 hectares. Reference EAHLD04013, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04013 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Former Sewage works |
| Address | Dale Road, Drighlington, Leeds |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Yorkshire Water Services Limited |
| Licence issued | 17 May 1990 |
| Licence surrendered | 27 April 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 May 1990 |
| Last waste input | 31 July 1990 |
| Area | 6.77 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 422900, 430200 |
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.
- 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
- Whiteley WoodIndustrialCommercialInert
- Whitehall RoadCommercialInert
- Whitehall RoadIndustrialCommercialInert
- Drighlington Holder StationIndustrialCommercialInert
- Whitehall RoadCommercialInert
- Land between Netherton Pig Farm and Mushroom FarmCommercial
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.