Landfill Check

Pynesfield Inert Landfill

Inert

Pynesfield Inert Landfill is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. It received inert waste between 2018 and 2021, covering about 17.11 hectares. Reference EAHLD36112, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD36112
Site namePynesfield Inert Landfill
AddressTilehouse Lane,Maple Cross,Rickmansworth,Hertfordshire
Site operatorIngrebourne Valley Limited
Licence holderIngrebourne Valley Limited
Licence issued22 February 2018
Licence surrendered1 April 2021
First waste inputNot recorded
Last waste inputNot recorded
Area17.11 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaHerts and North London
Grid reference503271, 190875

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

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

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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.