Landfill Check

Land off Back Lane

Inert

Land off Back Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Dereham, Norfolk. It received inert waste between 1987 and 1989, covering about 0.19 hectares. Reference EAHLD01402, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD01402
Site nameLand off Back Lane
AddressBeeston, Norfolk
Site operatorJ E M Napier-Wilson
Licence holderJ E M Napier-Wilson
Licence issued10 February 1987
Licence surrendered2 January 1989
First waste input11 February 1987
Last waste input1 January 1989
Area0.19 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaCentral AN
Grid reference590500, 315900

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.