Land at Han Royd Delph
CommercialInert
Land at Han Royd Delph is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sowerby Bridge. It received commercial and inert waste between 1985 and 1988, covering about 0.17 hectares. Reference EAHLD04062, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04062 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land at Han Royd Delph |
| Address | Height Road, Midgely, Halifax |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Mr F Horsfield |
| Licence issued | 18 July 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | 19 April 1988 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1985 |
| Last waste input | 19 April 1988 |
| Area | 0.17 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 402200, 426600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land adjoining Stoney Springs MillCommercialInert
- Scotland QuarryIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Former Sidings British RailLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
- Scout RoadLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Thorney LaneCommercialInert
- Oats Royd Mill ( South )IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.