Refuse Tip at Cobblers Corner
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Refuse Tip at Cobblers Corner is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Lymington, Hampshire. It received special (hazardous), household and commercial waste from 1960, covering about 8.67 hectares. Reference EAHLD20744, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD20744 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Refuse Tip at Cobblers Corner |
| Address | Setley, Brockenhurst, Hampshire |
| Site operator | New Forest Rural District Council |
| Licence holder | New Forest District Council |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1960 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 8.67 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Hampshire and Isle of Wight SO |
| Grid reference | 430300, 99400 |
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
- Refuse Tip, Setley Tip Site BSpecialHouseholdCommercial
- Land At Pitmore LaneInert
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.