Landfill Check

Weaver Close, Earl Shilton

HouseholdCommercialInert

Weaver Close, Earl Shilton is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. It received household, commercial and inert waste on dates not recorded, covering about 0.8 hectares. Reference EAHLD28335, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD28335
Site nameWeaver Close, Earl Shilton
AddressWeavers Close, Earl Shilton, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderNot recorded
Licence issuedNot recorded
Licence surrenderedNot recorded
First waste inputNot recorded
Last waste inputNot recorded
Area0.8 ha
Gas controlYes
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteNot recorded
EA areaLower Trent MI
Grid reference446900, 297600

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

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

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.