Landfill Check

Wellington Mills

CommercialInert

Wellington Mills is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Pudsey. It received commercial and inert waste between 1982 and 1984, covering about 2.31 hectares. Reference EAHLD03592, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD03592
Site nameWellington Mills
AddressBroad Lane, Bramley
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderDirector of Leisure Services, Leeds City Council
Licence issued2 July 1982
Licence surrendered31 January 1985
First waste input31 July 1982
Last waste input30 September 1984
Area2.31 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference424700, 435500

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

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

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.