Landfill Check

Hawkwell Lane

IndustrialInert

Hawkwell Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Dulverton, Somerset. It received industrial and inert waste between 1970 and 1993, covering about 0.33 hectares. Reference EAHLD08438, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD08438
Site nameHawkwell Lane
AddressDulverton
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderSomerset County Council
Licence issued31 December 1978
Licence surrendered1 March 1994
First waste input31 December 1970
Last waste input1 July 1993
Area0.33 ha
Gas controlYes
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaDevon SW
Grid reference287600, 125800

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.
Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

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.