M40 Borrow Pit
Inert
M40 Borrow Pit is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. It received inert waste between 1988 and 1989, covering about 3.56 hectares. Reference EAHLD28588, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD28588 |
|---|---|
| Site name | M40 Borrow Pit |
| Address | Tapster Lane, Lapworth, Warwickshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Balfour Beatty Construction Limited |
| Licence issued | 31 October 1988 |
| Licence surrendered | 29 April 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1988 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1989 |
| Area | 3.56 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 416700, 270700 |
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
- Yew Tree LaneWaste types not recorded
- A34 South West of Brook RoadWaste types not recorded
- Mows Hill, HenleyWaste types not recorded
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.