Landfill Check

Haigh Park Road

SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial

Haigh Park Road is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Rothwell. It received special (hazardous), liquid/sludge and industrial waste from 1982, covering about 0.16 hectares. Reference EAHLD03697, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD03697
Site nameHaigh Park Road
AddressStourton, Leeds
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderIMI Yorkshire Imperial Limited
Licence issued23 April 1981
Licence surrenderedNot recorded
First waste input1 February 1982
Last waste inputNot recorded
Area0.16 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentYes
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference433200, 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.
Liquid / sludge:
liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
Industrial:
factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.

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.