Authorised Landfill Sites
This dataset has now been discontinued and won’t be updated. The permit information may no longer be correct and the boundary may no longer reflect the actual site anymore, as sites may have expanded their perimeter to accommodate additional capacity. Also, this dataset will not show landfills that have been created after 2013 or may contain landfill sites that are now expired, surrendered or revoked.
The authorised landfill site is a spatial (polygon) dataset containing the boundaries of landfill sites which are currently authorised by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) under The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010. The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations provide industry, regulators and others with a single extended permitting and compliance system. Landfill permits were previously authorised by a Waste Management Licence, or a Pollution Prevention and Control (PCC) Permit, which have subsequently become Environmental (EPR) Permit, and are recorded within a NRW database. Pre 1996 landfill sites data was managed and collated by Local Authorities, this duty was then transferred to Environment Agency, and was taken over by NRW in 2013.
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Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS116249
- Alternative Title
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- AfA111 Permitted Waste Sites - Authorised Landfill Site Boundaries
- Metadata Language
- English
- Lineage
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Landfill boundaries come in through via the permits in paper format, and are digitised from OS 1:10 000 Scale Colour Raster if not provided by the operator. Merged into a single layer. Revoked, expired or surrendered licences (not if a change) are identified and removed where relevant by the Waste Team.
The dataset allows NRW to extract data on landfill sites, which can then be filtered based on the following code descriptors. A1: Co-Disposal Landfill Site; A2: Other Landfill Site taking Special Waste; A4: Household, Commercial and Industrial Waste Landfill; A5: Landfill taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes; A6: Landfill taking other wastes; A7: Industrial Waste Landfill (Factory cartilage); 5.2 A(1) a): Waste Landfilling; >10T/D with capacity>25,000T excluding inert waste; 5.2 A(1) b): Waste Landfilling; Any other Landfill to which the 2002 regulations apply; L04: Non Hazardous Landfill; and L05: Inert Landfill. It is important to note that because a site is authorised, it does not necessarily mean it is accepting waste.
Landfill sites are only removed from the dataset on a quarterly basis and added to the Historic Landfill site dataset 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.
INFORMATION WARNING: This dataset has now been discontinued and won’t be updated. The permit information may no longer be correct and the boundary may no longer reflect the actual site anymore, as sites may have expanded their perimeter to accommodate additional capacity. Also this dataset will not show landfills that have been created after 2013 or may contain landfill sites that are now expired, surrendered or revoked.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2017-04-05
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
- Geographic Extent
- England and Wales (EAW)
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Distribution
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Unknown
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Geographic Information System
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Unknown
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Quality
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
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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- false
- Lineage
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Landfill boundaries come in through via the permits in paper format, and are digitised from OS 1:10 000 Scale Colour Raster if not provided by the operator. Merged into a single layer. Revoked, expired or surrendered licences (not if a change) are identified and removed where relevant by the Waste Team.
The dataset allows NRW to extract data on landfill sites, which can then be filtered based on the following code descriptors. A1: Co-Disposal Landfill Site; A2: Other Landfill Site taking Special Waste; A4: Household, Commercial and Industrial Waste Landfill; A5: Landfill taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes; A6: Landfill taking other wastes; A7: Industrial Waste Landfill (Factory cartilage); 5.2 A(1) a): Waste Landfilling; >10T/D with capacity>25,000T excluding inert waste; 5.2 A(1) b): Waste Landfilling; Any other Landfill to which the 2002 regulations apply; L04: Non Hazardous Landfill; and L05: Inert Landfill. It is important to note that because a site is authorised, it does not necessarily mean it is accepting waste.
Landfill sites are only removed from the dataset on a quarterly basis and added to the Historic Landfill site dataset 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.
INFORMATION WARNING: This dataset has now been discontinued and won’t be updated. The permit information may no longer be correct and the boundary may no longer reflect the actual site anymore, as sites may have expanded their perimeter to accommodate additional capacity. Also this dataset will not show landfills that have been created after 2013 or may contain landfill sites that are now expired, surrendered or revoked.
Keywords
Keywords
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- landfill
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-03-04
Keywords
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IPSV Subjects List
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- Waste management
- Waste disposal
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-11-18
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NRW SMNR Keywords
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- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Waste (SMNR)
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-26
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
- Restriction type
- Other restrictions
Access Constraints Directive
- Limitations
- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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Access to this data may be restricted under relevant legislation. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate the data. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer.
Use Constraints
- Use constraints type
- Other restrictions
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© CNC/NRW. NRW does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate this dataset.
Attribution Statement
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.
Licence
- Other constraints
- Not Licenced for Re-use
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313136323439 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2026-04-08T10:10:32.906Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0