Landfill Check

Windsor terrace

SpecialInert

Windsor terrace is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Chigwell, Essex. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste between 1992 and 1994, covering about 1.35 hectares. Reference EAHLD11238, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD11238
Site nameWindsor terrace
AddressNorth Thames Gas
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderBritish Gas Trading Plc
Licence issued26 March 1992
Licence surrendered2 October 1992
First waste input31 March 1992
Last waste input25 March 1994
Area1.35 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaSouth East TH
Grid reference544200, 181300

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.
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.