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Wanlip Road, Syston, Charnwood

Inert

Wanlip Road, Syston, Charnwood is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Syston, Leicestershire. It received inert waste between 1977 and 1990, covering about 14.49 hectares. Reference EAHLD28192, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD28192
Site nameWanlip Road, Syston, Charnwood
AddressPontylue Sand And Ballast, Wanlip Road, Syston, Charnwood, Leicestershire
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderPontylue Sand and Ballast
Licence issued8 August 1977
Licence surrendered8 November 1990
First waste input31 December 1977
Last waste input8 November 1990
Area14.49 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaLower Trent MI
Grid reference461000, 311600

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.