Lees Mill
CommercialInert
Lees Mill is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Meltham. It received commercial and inert waste between 1974 and 1993, covering about 0.56 hectares. Reference EAHLD04243, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04243 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Lees Mill |
| Address | Lees Mill Lane, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Collins Prestwich and Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 26 June 1992 |
| Licence surrendered | 25 November 1993 |
| First waste input | 1 January 1974 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.56 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 408800, 414200 |
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
- Dunnock QuarryCommercialInert
- Old QuarryLiquid / sludgeCommercialInert
- Cowersley Lane QuarryCommercialInert
- Blackmoorcroft RoadInert
- Ing Head FarmCommercial
- Crosland MoorIndustrialCommercialInert
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.