Landfill Check

Whitley Lane

CommercialInert

Whitley Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sheffield. It received commercial and inert waste between 1984 and 1986, covering about 0.15 hectares. Reference EAHLD04568, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD04568
Site nameWhitley Lane
AddressEcclesfield
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderPeter Barrass
Licence issued16 May 1984
Licence surrendered6 January 1986
First waste input16 May 1984
Last waste input6 January 1986
Area0.15 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference435200, 394700

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.