Gills Lane
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Gills Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Swanscombe, Kent. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1986 and 1992, covering about 12.61 hectares. Reference EAHLD19350, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD19350 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Gills Lane |
| Address | Grubb Street, Kent |
| Site operator | J and B Martin |
| Licence holder | J and B Martin |
| Licence issued | 7 May 1986 |
| Licence surrendered | 8 February 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1986 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1992 |
| Area | 12.61 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Kent SO |
| Grid reference | 558500, 170200 |
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.
- 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
- Grubb StreetHouseholdCommercialInert
- Shell Bank LaneHouseholdCommercialInert
- St.MargaretsCommercialInert
- Manor FarmSpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Pinden End FarmSpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Ryecroft FarmCommercialInert
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.