Universal Ceramic Materials Limited
Liquid / sludgeCommercial
Universal Ceramic Materials Limited is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Stafford, Staffordshire. It received liquid/sludge and commercial waste between 1993 and 1994, covering about 2.73 hectares. Reference EAHLD29172, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD29172 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Universal Ceramic Materials Limited |
| Address | Doxey Road, Stafford, Staffordshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Universal Ceramic Materials Limited/Universal Grindings |
| Licence issued | 8 April 1993 |
| Licence surrendered | 4 February 1994 |
| First waste input | 8 April 1993 |
| Last waste input | 27 January 1994 |
| Area | 2.73 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 390700, 323400 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Off Doxey RoadWaste types not recorded
- Universal Grinding Wheel TipIndustrial
- Doxey RoadInert
- Adjacent Haywoods Yard, Rear Of Doxey RoadInert
- Haywards YardIndustrial
- Doxey RoadIndustrialInert
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.