Historic Landfill Sites

This dataset is now Static and won’t be updated. However, this dataset should still be used for information on permits that were historic before came under EPR regulations.

This dataset should be used in conjunction with the Historic Landfill Sites points dataset (NRW_DS125453), which is the most comprehensive dataset for recently expired, surrendered, or revoked landfill sites.

Historic Landfill Sites is a spatial (polygon) dataset. These are landfill sites which have been taken off the Authorised Landfill Sites when the waste licence status changes to either:

- Licence expired: Some licences issued under the Control of Pollution Act 1974 were time limited and expired on the date specified in the licence.

- Licence Revoked: Whereby the licence has been entirely revoked and is no longer in force; or

- Licence Surrendered: Operator has successfully surrendered the licence which is no longer in force.

Under the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 Local Planning Authorities have to consult with the former Environment Agency Wales, now part of Natural Resources Wales, about all applications they receive to develop land within 250 metres of landfill sites (including any land that has been used as a landfill site within the past 30 years or is likely to be used as one in the near future). The Historic Landfill dataset was created to help fulfil our statutory responsibility to Local Planning Authorities by supplying information on the risks posed by landfill sites for development within 250m.

The data is the most comprehensive and consistent national historic landfill dataset and defines the location of, and provides specific attributes for, known historic (closed) landfill sites, i.e. sites where there is no PPC permit or waste management licence currently in force. This includes sites that existed before the waste licensing regime and sites that have been licensed in the past but where this licence has been revoked, ceased to exist or surrendered and a certificate of completion has been issued.

Identifier: NRW_DS116236

Alternative Title

AfA034 Historic Landfill

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: The original boundaries of these sites comes from the paper permits, which are now digitised from a base scale of 1:10,000 and an associated attribute table comprising 34 fields. The polygons and attributes describe where the sites were located, when they were used, who used them and what was deposited. This means 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.

Pre 1996 landfill sites data was managed and collated by Local Authorities, after this duty was then transferred to Environment Agency, and was taken over by NRW in 2013.

INFORMATION WARNING: Before 1996 all landfill sites data was managed and collated by Local Authorities. We therefore can't guarantee the quality and accuracy of individual historic landfill records up to this date.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2024-08-27

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 1850-12-31

Topic category

Planning cadastre
Environment

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Environment Agency (EA)

Millbank Tower, 25th Floor, 21//24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4XL, England

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

Originator

Environment Agency Wales (EA Wales)

Cambria House, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0TP, Wales

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Geographic Extent: England and Wales (EAW)

Map representing the geographic extent of the dataset

Distribution

Format Type and Description

Geographic Information System ( Unknown )

Specification

ESRI Feature Class

Resource Locator: Web Mapping Service ( OGC:WMS )

Resource Locator: Download Data & Web Services ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation
Degree: false

Lineage: The original boundaries of these sites comes from the paper permits, which are now digitised from a base scale of 1:10,000 and an associated attribute table comprising 34 fields. The polygons and attributes describe where the sites were located, when they were used, who used them and what was deposited. This means 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.

Pre 1996 landfill sites data was managed and collated by Local Authorities, after this duty was then transferred to Environment Agency, and was taken over by NRW in 2013.

INFORMATION WARNING: Before 1996 all landfill sites data was managed and collated by Local Authorities. We therefore can't guarantee the quality and accuracy of individual historic landfill records up to this date.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Utility and governmental services

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

hazardous waste
landfill

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-19

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Keywords

IPSV Subjects List

Waste management
Waste disposal

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2020-11-18

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects

Keywords

NRW SMNR Keywords

Soils (SMNR)
Waste (SMNR)
Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
Management Areas (SMNR)
Soil and Land (SMNR)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-26

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords

Code: Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326)

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations: no limitations

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints: Access to this data may be restricted under relevant legislation.

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

Attribution Statement

Licence

Other constraints: NRW Conditional

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313136323336 XML

Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-09-17T16:11:34.324Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Publishing Body

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Full access to the portal and metadata.

Historic Landfill Sites

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