Landfill Check

Green Lane

Liquid / sludgeCommercial

Green Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. It received liquid/sludge and commercial waste between 1930 and 1974, covering about 0.72 hectares. Reference EAHLD31117, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD31117
Site nameGreen Lane
AddressWoodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Site operatorWoodhall Spa Urban District Council
Licence holderNot recorded
Licence issuedNot recorded
Licence surrenderedNot recorded
First waste input31 December 1930
Last waste input31 March 1974
Area0.72 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteNot recorded
EA areaNorthern AN
Grid reference518300, 363200

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

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Liquid / sludge:
liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
Commercial:
waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.

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.