Landfill Check

Gatrou Yard

Inert

Gatrou Yard is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Midhurst, West Sussex. It received inert waste in 1979, covering about 0.58 hectares. Reference EAHLD20061, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD20061
Site nameGatrou Yard
AddressMidhurst, Sussex
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderGalrou Limited
Licence issued23 March 1979
Licence surrendered10 September 1980
First waste input31 December 1979
Last waste input31 December 1979
Area0.58 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaSussex SO
Grid reference487800, 121100

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

Other historic landfill sites nearby

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.