Landfill Check

Rushton Landfill Phase 7

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Rushton Landfill Phase 7 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Kettering, North Northamptonshire. It received industrial, household and commercial waste between 2008 and 2011, covering about 2.42 hectares. Reference EAHLD35838, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD35838
Site nameRushton Landfill Phase 7
AddressFarm Gullet, Rushton, Oakley Rd, Northants
Site operatorMick George Limited
Licence holderMick George Limited
Licence issued1 November 2004
Licence surrendered1 July 2011
First waste input22 July 2008
Last waste inputNot recorded
Area2.42 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthern
Grid reference484800, 283600

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.
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

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.