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How to access and use the coal mining information for England, Scotland and Wales held in the national coal mining database.
Description of the data set showing the known extent of coal mining activity that is used to identify possible ground instability and potential mining hazards.
1. Introduction The Coal Authority manages the effects of past coal…
If your site is in the Development High Risk Area, for most forms of development you must submit a Coal Mining Risk Assessment to your local planning authority.
How to get data and documents held by the Mining Remediation Authority.
Information about getting permission to enter, disturb or change coal mines or coal managed or owned by the Coal Authority that’s on your property.
Description of the data set showing known mine entries indicating the entrance into a mine working.
Description of the abandoned mines catalogue, a search tool to determine relevant abandonment plans to a given search criteria.
Terms and conditions for a permit to enter, disturb or alter coal mines or coal on your property.
Description of the dataset showing part of the coal mining reporting area which contains recorded coal mining related features.
How to deal with covenants and legal requirements contained in title deeds which refer to the Coal Authority and its predecessors.
Description of the dataset showing the area of the ground that might be affected if subsidence a mine entry occurs.
Description of the data set showing underground coal workings whose depth is 30 metres or less from the surface.
Description of the data set showing known locations where a coal seam is near the surface.
Description of the dataset showing extent of coal resources capable of being extracted by surface mining methods.
Guidance for engineering Designer’s making submissions for structural, geotechnical or foundation solutions
Description of the dataset showing areas of coal extracted by surface excavations in the past or currently being excavated.
The Mining Remediation Authority owns and manages 40 disused colliery tip sites across the United Kingdom.
Map showing the river catchments polluted by abandoned metal mines in Cornwall and Devon, including where measures are in place to manage this pollution.
Map showing the rivers polluted by abandoned metal mines in England, including where measures are in place to manage this pollution.
The price for Coal Authority data sets varies according to which licence they are provided under.
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