Landfill Check

Land at Wince Brook

Inert

Land at Wince Brook is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Middleton. It received inert waste between 1984 and 1988, covering about 5.23 hectares. Reference EAHLD16191, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD16191
Site nameLand at Wince Brook
AddressMoston Road, Greengate, Oldham, Chadderton, Greater Manchester
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderFoxdenton Estate Company
Licence issued3 April 1984
Licence surrendered28 March 1990
First waste input1 May 1984
Last waste input11 August 1988
Area5.23 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaSouth NW
Grid reference388600, 404600

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.