IMI Yorkshire Alloys Limited
SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
IMI Yorkshire Alloys Limited is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Rothwell. It received special (hazardous), liquid/sludge and industrial waste between 1982 and 1998, covering about 0.45 hectares. Reference EAHLD03698, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD03698 |
|---|---|
| Site name | IMI Yorkshire Alloys Limited |
| Address | Haigh Park Road, Stourton, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | IMI Yorkshire Alloys Limited |
| Licence issued | 23 April 1981 |
| Licence surrendered | 13 June 1998 |
| First waste input | 1 February 1982 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.45 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 433300, 430200 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Haigh Park RoadSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Small LagoonCommercialInert
- Small lagoonCommercialInert
- Link RoadInert
- No.1 LagoonLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
- Yorkshire Imperial MetalsIndustrial
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.