Land being part of Northorpe Farm Holding Sycamore Farm
CommercialInert
Land being part of Northorpe Farm Holding Sycamore Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Stocksbridge. It received commercial and inert waste between 1986 and 1987, covering about 4.01 hectares. Reference EAHLD04522, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04522 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land being part of Northorpe Farm Holding Sycamore Farm |
| Address | Finkle Street, Wortley, Sheffield |
| Site operator | McAlpine Construction Limited |
| Licence holder | Alfred McAlpine Construction Limited |
| Licence issued | 14 August 1986 |
| Licence surrendered | 13 May 1987 |
| First waste input | 14 August 1986 |
| Last waste input | 13 May 1987 |
| Area | 4.01 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 430800, 398800 |
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
- Sycamore FarmInert
- Disused QuarryCommercialInert
- Smithyfold FarmCommercialInert
- Wortley RoadInert
- Ellen Cliffe QuarryInert
- Sheffield City CouncilInert
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.