Land At Higginshaw Lane and Royton Junction
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Land At Higginshaw Lane and Royton Junction is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Oldham. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1982 and 1985, covering about 3.29 hectares. Reference EAHLD16017, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16017 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land At Higginshaw Lane and Royton Junction |
| Address | Higginshaw Lane, Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Framecastle Limited |
| Licence issued | 23 April 1982 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 May 1982 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1985 |
| Area | 3.29 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 393300, 406500 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land at Milne Street NorthWaste types not recorded
- Land at Mossdown RoadWaste types not recorded
- Derker MillsWaste types not recorded
- Land at Bee MillWaste types not recorded
- Land at Lion MillWaste types not recorded
- Belgian MillWaste types not recorded
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.