Pendean Sand Pit WSCC
HouseholdCommercialInert
Pendean Sand Pit WSCC is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Midhurst, West Sussex. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1960 and 1987, covering about 3.37 hectares. Reference EAHLD20066, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20066 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Pendean Sand Pit WSCC |
| Address | Midhurst, Sussex |
| Site operator | Midhurst Rural District Council |
| Licence holder | West Sussex County Council |
| Licence issued | 1 January 1976 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 December 1990 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1960 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1987 |
| Area | 3.37 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Sussex SO |
| Grid reference | 488800, 120200 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Holmbush Industrial EstateWaste types not recorded
- Pitsham RoughWaste types not recorded
- New RoadWaste types not recorded
- Holmbush WayWaste types not recorded
- Old West's Wood YardWaste types not recorded
- Gatrou YardInert
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.