This dataset is currently updated every 6 months. Data on landfill sites that are surrendered or revoked will move from the Authorised Landfill Layer but may not be updated into this dataset on the same frequency. This data is a national historic landfill dataset that defines the location of and provides specific attributes for known historic landfill sites. An historic landfill is a site where there is no environmental permit in force. The Environment Agency is not the regulator for historic landfills. The dataset includes sites that existed before landfills were regulated. Much of this pre-licensing data was derived from a national survey in the early 1990s so it may be incomplete. It also includes sites that were licensed (permitted) where that licence is no longer in force, in accordance with the legislation at the time. The Historic Landfill dataset includes information that is held by either the local authority or the Environment Agency. The data is available in ESRI shape file format, with the boundaries digitised from a base scale of 1:10,000 and an associated attribute table comprising 34 fields. Where information is available, the polygons and attributes describe where the sites were located, when they were used, who used them and what was deposited. Where sites were licensed, there are name and address fields, licensee and operator information, licence issue and surrender dates, first and last input dates and waste types, together with some historical comments. Where an attribute is incomplete, that detail is not available. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2024. All rights reserved. Contains information © Local Authorities

This dataset is currently updated every 6 months. Data on landfill sites that are surrendered or revoked will move from the Authorised Landfill Layer but may not be updated into this dataset on the same frequency.

This data is a national historic landfill dataset that defines the location of and provides specific attributes for known historic landfill sites. An historic landfill is a site where there is no environmental permit in force. The Environment Agency is not the regulator for historic landfills. The dataset includes sites that existed before landfills were regulated. Much of this pre-licensing data was derived from a national survey in the early 1990s so it may be incomplete. It also includes sites that were licensed (permitted) where that licence is no longer in force, in accordance with the legislation at the time. The Historic Landfill dataset includes information that is held by either the local authority or the Environment Agency. The data is available in ESRI shape file format, with the boundaries digitised from a base scale of 1:10,000 and an associated attribute table comprising 34 fields. Where information is available, the polygons and attributes describe where the sites were located, when they were used, who used them and what was deposited. Where sites were licensed, there are name and address fields, licensee and operator information, licence issue and surrender dates, first and last input dates and waste types, together with some historical comments. Where an attribute is incomplete, that detail is not available.Initially based on the information gathered from Environment Agency region and area offices including hard copy data (scans of documents etc) and GIS layers. Extra data from the Local Authorities was then included also including hard copy and GIS data.

Two previously undertaken projects with the same aim (of finding all Historic Landfills in England &Wales) also provided hard copy and GIS data. These were a project done by the Water Resources Council and another by the British Geological Survey in the early 1970's. Finally the data is updated from those sites closing and removed from the Authorised Landfill dataset (whose source is ReSP).Click Here to go straight to the DSP Metadata Page for this Dataset.