Land to the rear of Brookfield
CommercialInert
Land to the rear of Brookfield is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Wombwell. It received commercial and inert waste between 1988 and 1989, covering about 2.21 hectares. Reference EAHLD04413, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04413 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land to the rear of Brookfield |
| Address | Doncaster Road, Ardsley, Barnsley |
| Site operator | S T Horrobin |
| Licence holder | S T Horrobin |
| Licence issued | 11 April 1988 |
| Licence surrendered | 7 April 1991 |
| First waste input | 11 April 1988 |
| Last waste input | 7 August 1989 |
| Area | 2.21 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 440000, 405100 |
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
- Upperwood HallInert
- Land North of Valley RoadCommercialInert
- Station Road Industrial EstateInert
- North Ferriby TipIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Disused canal between Station Road and Littlefield RoadInert
- Disused Canal between Littlefield Lane and Station RoadInert
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.