Paull's Copse
SpecialHouseholdCommercial
Paull's Copse is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Chard, Somerset. It received special (hazardous), household and commercial waste from 1969, covering about 3.06 hectares. Reference EAHLD09413, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD09413 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Paull's Copse |
| Address | Chilworthy Lane, Near Ilminston, Somerset |
| Site operator | Ilminster Urban District Council |
| Licence holder | Somerset County Council Smallholdings |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 June 1969 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 3.06 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | North Wessex SW |
| Grid reference | 332700, 112900 |
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.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land at Clayhanger CrossInert
- Shave LaneLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- CanalWaste types not recorded
- WhitebridgeIndustrialInert
- Old FarmInert
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.