Land Disposal Site
SpecialLiquid / sludgeHousehold
Land Disposal Site is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Leiston, Suffolk. It received special (hazardous), liquid/sludge and household waste between 1948 and 1992, covering about 19.14 hectares. Reference EAHLD01864, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD01864 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land Disposal Site |
| Address | B1353 Road, Aldringham |
| Site operator | Suffolk Coastal District Council |
| Licence holder | Suffolk Coastal District Council |
| Licence issued | 14 April 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 December 1992 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1948 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1992 |
| Area | 19.14 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Eastern AN |
| Grid reference | 645900, 260200 |
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.
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Dunns HoleIndustrialCommercialInert
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.