Landfill Check

Shell Haven Refinery

SpecialLiquid / sludge

Shell Haven Refinery is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock. It received special (hazardous) and liquid/sludge waste between 1979 and 1989, covering about 128.18 hectares. Reference EAHLD01604, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD01604
Site nameShell Haven Refinery
AddressCorringham, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex
Site operatorShell Oil UK
Licence holderShell UK Oil
Licence issued11 June 1979
Licence surrenderedNot recorded
First waste input11 June 1979
Last waste input19 September 1989
Area128.18 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaEastern AN
Grid reference573200, 181700

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.
Liquid / sludge:
liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.

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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.