Landfill Check

The Broadwater

Inert

The Broadwater is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hatfield, Hertfordshire. It received inert waste between 1986 and 1989, covering about 3.47 hectares. Reference EAHLD10043, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD10043
Site nameThe Broadwater
AddressHatfield Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderMarshaide Limited
Licence issued8 August 1986
Licence surrendered31 January 1989
First waste input8 August 1986
Last waste input31 January 1989
Area3.47 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorth East TH
Grid reference524700, 209400

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.

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.