Ham Lane Extension - Southern Water
IndustrialHouseholdInert
Ham Lane Extension - Southern Water is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Lewes, East Sussex. It received industrial, household and inert waste between 1977 and 1980, covering about 5.33 hectares. Reference EAHLD20195, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20195 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Ham Lane Extension - Southern Water |
| Address | Extension of Ham lane, sewage works, Lewes, Sussex |
| Site operator | Lewes District Council |
| Licence holder | East Sussex County Council |
| Licence issued | 1 March 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1980 |
| Area | 5.33 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Sussex SO |
| Grid reference | 542100, 109000 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Southerham Grey Pit LandfillWaste types not recorded
- Between Paddock Lane and New RoadWaste types not recorded
- Junction of Offham Road - The AvenueHouseholdCommercialInert
- Malling Brooks Recreations groundWaste types not recorded
- Malling Playing FieldsInert
- Malling Brooks A - Malling Industrial EstateHouseholdInert
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.