Landfill Check

Harper Lane Quarry

Inert

Harper Lane Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Radlett, Hertfordshire. It received inert waste between 1975 and 1991, covering about 11.26 hectares. Reference EAHLD12319, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD12319
Site nameHarper Lane Quarry
AddressHarper Lane, Near Radlett, Hertfordshire
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderRedland Aggregates
Licence issued9 July 1990
Licence surrendered19 March 1993
First waste input17 February 1975
Last waste input31 October 1991
Area11.26 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorth East TH
Grid reference515900, 202100

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.

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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.