Landfill Check

Land at Coutances Way

Inert

Land at Coutances Way is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Ilkley. It received inert waste between 1988 and 1998, covering about 2.21 hectares. Reference EAHLD03917, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD03917
Site nameLand at Coutances Way
AddressBurley-in-Wharfedale
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderMr S Hinchcliffe
Licence issued1 August 1988
Licence surrendered30 April 1994
First waste input31 August 1988
Last waste input15 May 1998
Area2.21 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaDales NE
Grid reference414600, 447300

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

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.