Luton Hoo
Inert
Luton Hoo is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Luton, Luton. It received inert waste between 1986 and 1990, covering about 1.75 hectares. Reference EAHLD12555, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD12555 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Luton Hoo |
| Address | Luton, Bedfordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | N H Phillips |
| Licence issued | 30 July 1986 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 December 1986 |
| First waste input | 30 September 1986 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1990 |
| Area | 1.75 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | North East TH |
| Grid reference | 509400, 218400 |
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
- Half Moon LaneInert
- RosswayWaste types not recorded
- Walon Car YardWaste types not recorded
- Ladybray FarmIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.