Maw Lane
Inert
Maw Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sandbach, Cheshire East. It received inert waste between 1988 and 1989, covering about 4.22 hectares. Reference EAHLD15558, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD15558 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Maw Lane |
| Address | Maw Lane/Clay Lane, Haslington, Near Crewe, Cheshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council |
| Licence issued | 13 July 1989 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 November 1989 |
| First waste input | 31 July 1988 |
| Last waste input | 31 October 1989 |
| Area | 4.22 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 373600, 356900 |
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
- Church FarmInert
- Part of Bradeley Hall FarmInert
- Winterley Pool FarmWaste types not recorded
- Pool Lane / Well BankWaste types not recorded
- Land Off Maw Green RoadWaste types not recorded
- Sllaughter HillLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
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.