Landfill Check

Knarr Mill No.2

Inert

Knarr Mill No.2 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Mossley. It received inert waste in 1992, covering about 0.25 hectares. Reference EAHLD15534, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD15534
Site nameKnarr Mill No.2
AddressOldham Road, Delph, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderJ Humphrey Limited
Licence issued4 February 1992
Licence surrendered23 March 1993
First waste input1 February 1992
Last waste input20 August 1992
Area0.25 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaSouth NW
Grid reference398000, 406900

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.

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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.