John Battams
Waste types not recorded
John Battams is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sevenoaks, Kent. It received waste of unrecorded type between 1971 and 1972, covering about 1.16 hectares. Reference EAHLD32127, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD32127 |
|---|---|
| Site name | John Battams |
| Address | Sundridge Lakes, Main Road, Sundridge, Kent |
| Site operator | John Battams Limited |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 January 1971 |
| Last waste input | 1 September 1972 |
| Area | 1.16 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Kent SO |
| Grid reference | 549200, 156000 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Sundridge Great PitInert
- Darenth River Ballast PitWaste types not recorded
- Dry Hill PicnicInert
- Chipstead LaneInert
- Nursery PlaceInert
- Sundridge Place FarmLiquid / sludge
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.