Whitehouse Opencast Site
SpecialLiquid / sludge
Whitehouse Opencast Site is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Heanor, Derbyshire. It received special (hazardous) and liquid/sludge waste between 1977 and 1983, covering about 183.33 hectares. Reference EAHLD22907, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD22907 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Whitehouse Opencast Site |
| Address | Mapperley, Derbyshire |
| Site operator | Lehane, McKenzie and Shand Limited |
| Licence holder | Lehane, McKenzie and Shand Limited |
| Licence issued | 14 October 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 18 February 1983 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1977 |
| Last waste input | 18 February 1983 |
| Area | 183.33 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 442200, 343100 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Yew Tree FarmIndustrialInert
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.