Off West side of Shelton Airfield Disused
Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert
Off West side of Shelton Airfield Disused is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Harleston, Norfolk. It received liquid/sludge, commercial and inert waste between 1968 and 1975, covering about 0.67 hectares. Reference EAHLD02920, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD02920 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Off West side of Shelton Airfield Disused |
| Address | Hempnall, Norfolk |
| Site operator | D F Jackson - Depwade Rural District Council |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | 2 January 1974 |
| Licence surrendered | 24 January 1975 |
| First waste input | 19 April 1968 |
| Last waste input | 23 January 1975 |
| Area | 0.67 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Eastern AN |
| Grid reference | 624300, 291000 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- 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.
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.