Landfill Check

Lennox Road

Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert

Lennox Road is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Northfleet, Kent. It received liquid/sludge, commercial and inert waste between 1977 and 1988, covering about 2.54 hectares. Reference EAHLD19848, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD19848
Site nameLennox Road
AddressGravesend, Kent
Site operatorReed Paper and Board
Licence holderReed Paper and Board
Licence issued8 March 1977
Licence surrendered29 October 1992
First waste input31 December 1977
Last waste input31 December 1988
Area2.54 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaKent SO
Grid reference563800, 173900

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Liquid / sludge:
liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
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

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.