Landfill Check

Warren Bank

IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert

Warren Bank is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1987 and 1993, covering about 1.01 hectares. Reference EAHLD05227, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD05227
Site nameWarren Bank
AddressHarrogate View Garage, Knox Mill Lane, Killinghall, Harrogate
Site operatorE Rowland
Licence holderE Rowland
Licence issued20 February 1987
Licence surrendered17 February 1993
First waste input30 April 1987
Last waste input31 December 1993
Area1.01 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaDales NE
Grid reference429000, 457700

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Industrial:
factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
Household:
everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
Commercial:
waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
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.