Landfill Check

Two disused mine shafts

Inert

Two disused mine shafts is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Midsomer Norton, Bath and North East Somerset. It received inert waste between 1979 and 1981, covering about 0.02 hectares. Reference EAHLD09097, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD09097
Site nameTwo disused mine shafts
AddressPaulton Engine, Paulton, Bristol, Avon
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderD Church Esquire
Licence issued18 September 1979
Licence surrendered4 March 1982
First waste input30 September 1979
Last waste input30 January 1981
Area0.02 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorth Wessex SW
Grid reference365800, 157400

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.