Nibshaw Lane
CommercialInert
Nibshaw Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Liversedge. It received commercial and inert waste until 1972, covering about 1.04 hectares. Reference EAHLD31587, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD31587 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Nibshaw Lane |
| Address | Gomersal, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | Sellon Brotheers Limited |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | 31 July 1972 |
| Area | 1.04 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 420200, 425600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Gikan SteelcoWaste types not recorded
- Spen LaneIndustrialInert
- Spen Steelworks Site No.2 - RoundhillIndustrialCommercialInert
- Land off Cliffe LaneCommercialInert
- Mann DamCommercial
- Cliffe LaneIndustrialCommercialInert
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.