Hatfield Quarry Phase 7
IndustrialCommercialInert
Hatfield Quarry Phase 7 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hatfield, Hertfordshire. It received industrial, commercial and inert waste between 1988 and 1991, covering about 4.75 hectares. Reference EAHLD10029, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD10029 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Hatfield Quarry Phase 7 |
| Address | Oaklands Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Ready Mix Concrete Limited |
| Licence issued | 28 October 1987 |
| Licence surrendered | 12 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1988 |
| Last waste input | 1 November 1991 |
| Area | 4.75 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 519800, 210000 |
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.
- 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
- Hatfield QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Hatfield Quarry, St AlbansWaste types not recorded
- Hatfield QuarryInert
- Hatfield QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Hatfield QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Oak FarmIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
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.