Landfill Check

Land off Whaley Road

Inert

Land off Whaley Road is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Barnsley. It received inert waste between 1985 and 1994, covering about 0.9 hectares. Reference EAHLD04344, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD04344
Site nameLand off Whaley Road
AddressClaycliffe Industrial Estate, Barugh Green, Barnsley
Site operatorMr C Langfield
Licence holderMr C Langfield
Licence issued21 October 1985
Licence surrendered1 November 1994
First waste input31 October 1985
Last waste input1 November 1994
Area0.9 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference431900, 408500

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.