Mitco Borehole
SpecialLiquid / sludge
Mitco Borehole is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Aldridge. It received special (hazardous) and liquid/sludge waste between 1977 and 1978. Reference EAHLD18207, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD18207 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Mitco Borehole |
| Address | Off Coppice Lane, Coppice Lane, Aldridge, West Midlands |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Leigh Interests Limited |
| Licence issued | 29 November 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 March 1979 |
| First waste input | 1 November 1977 |
| Last waste input | 1 September 1978 |
| Area | Not recorded |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 404700, 302300 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- MitcoSpecialLiquid / sludgeHouseholdInert
- Utopia QuarryWaste types not recorded
- Empire BrickworksSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Coppice LaneWaste types not recorded
- Joberns Landfill SiteIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Hardy's Industrial EstateSpecialIndustrial
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.