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Scunthorpe, Bessemer Way

Inert

Scunthorpe, Bessemer Way is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. It received inert waste between 1996 and 2000, covering about 7.6 hectares. Reference EAHLD01082, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD01082
Site nameScunthorpe, Bessemer Way
AddressScunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderEast Lincolnshire Properties Limited
Licence issued24 July 1996
Licence surrendered22 June 2000
First waste input31 December 1996
Last waste inputNot recorded
Area7.6 ha
Gas controlYes
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaLower Trent MI
Grid reference489500, 412300

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.