Lottbridge Drove Phase 3
HouseholdCommercialInert
Lottbridge Drove Phase 3 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Eastbourne, East Sussex. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1975 and 1986, covering about 7.12 hectares. Reference EAHLD20322, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20322 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Lottbridge Drove Phase 3 |
| Address | Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | East Sussex County Council |
| Licence issued | 17 June 1975 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 August 1975 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1986 |
| Area | 7.12 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Sussex SO |
| Grid reference | 561200, 101300 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- 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
- Lottbridge Drove Phase 1 and 2HouseholdCommercialInert
- Astaire AvenueHouseholdCommercialInert
- Hampden Park Relief RoadHousehold
- Stafford School Playing FieldHouseholdCommercialInert
- Elm Grove, Hampden ParkIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Highfields School Playing FieldsHouseholdCommercialInert
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.