Hoppers Smallholding
Inert
Hoppers Smallholding is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Spennymoor, County Durham. It received inert waste between 1959 and 1984, covering about 0.44 hectares. Reference EAHLD06006, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06006 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Hoppers Smallholding |
| Address | Leeholme, Bishop Auckland, County Durham |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | George Hooper |
| Licence issued | 25 July 1984 |
| Licence surrendered | 17 December 1984 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1959 |
| Last waste input | 17 December 1984 |
| Area | 0.44 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Dales NE |
| Grid reference | 424900, 530100 |
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.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Leasingthorne CollieryWaste types not recorded
- Leeholme FieldIndustrial
- Old Quarry CoundonInert
- Dene Hopes FarmIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Westerton QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Area D Hall Heads QuarryWaste types not recorded
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.