Westgate
Inert
Westgate is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Burnley, Lancashire. It received inert waste between 1979 and 1983, covering about 1.59 hectares. Reference EAHLD07363, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07363 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Westgate |
| Address | Shaw Street, Burnley, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Burnley Borough Council |
| Licence issued | 12 July 1979 |
| Licence surrendered | 21 December 1989 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1979 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1983 |
| Area | 1.59 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 383200, 432700 |
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.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Clifton CollieryWaste types not recorded
- Clifton Colliery HouseWaste types not recorded
- Near River Calder No.2Waste types not recorded
- Every StreetWaste types not recorded
- Healey Wood RoadInert
- Melrose AvenueWaste types not recorded
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.