Landfill Check

Pinfold Road, Thurmaston

IndustrialInert

Pinfold Road, Thurmaston is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Syston, Leicestershire. It received industrial and inert waste between 1980 and 1990, covering about 18.13 hectares. Reference EAHLD28216, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD28216
Site namePinfold Road, Thurmaston
AddressPinfold Road, Thurmaston, Charnwood, Leicestershire
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderPontylue Sand and Ballast
Licence issued16 September 1980
Licence surrendered28 April 1994
First waste input1 June 1980
Last waste input30 April 1990
Area18.13 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaLower Trent MI
Grid reference460200, 309100

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Industrial:
factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

Other historic landfill sites nearby

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.