Land at Public Open Space
HouseholdInert
Land at Public Open Space is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Gosport, Hampshire. It received household and inert waste between 1993 and 1997, covering about 2.35 hectares. Reference EAHLD20947, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20947 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land at Public Open Space |
| Address | Kenwood Road, Fareham, Portchester, Hampshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Fareham Borough Council |
| Licence issued | 21 July 1993 |
| Licence surrendered | 19 September 1997 |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 2.35 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Hampshire and Isle of Wight SO |
| Grid reference | 461700, 104400 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- South Of Coppins GroveHousehold
- Land South of Harbour ViewHousehold
- Land at South of Hamilton RoadWaste types not recorded
- Paulsgrove landfill SiteWaste types not recorded
- Land near Wicor HardHousehold
- Paulsgrove TipSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.