Land at Rear of Nicholl and Wood Limited
CommercialInert
Land at Rear of Nicholl and Wood Limited is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Halifax. It received commercial and inert waste between 1991 and 1994, covering about 0.35 hectares. Reference EAHLD30245, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD30245 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land at Rear of Nicholl and Wood Limited |
| Address | Netherton Works, Windy Bank, Halifax |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Edwards Excavations |
| Licence issued | 24 December 1991 |
| Licence surrendered | 3 August 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1991 |
| Last waste input | 31 July 1994 |
| Area | 0.35 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 408600, 428800 |
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
- Amber Thorn CuttingWaste types not recorded
- Netherton WorksWaste types not recorded
- Disused Railway CuttingSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
- Disused Railway CuttingWaste types not recorded
- Eastwoods Tip NorthLiquid / sludgeCommercialInert
- Oates Royd FarmInert
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.