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Search by postcode to check if a property is built over an old coal mine - find out if you need a coal mining report, what it covers, other reports available, fees
The home of Coal Authority on GOV.UK. The Coal Authority makes a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
How to access and use the coal mining information for England, Scotland and Wales held in the national coal mining database.
Description of the dataset showing known extent of coal mining activity, which is used to check if a coal mining report is needed.
Description of the dataset showing known mine entries indicating the entrance into a mine working.
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.
Description of the abandoned mines catalogue, a search tool to determine relevant abandonment plans to a given search criteria.
The charges for services you can request from the Coal Authority.
Descriptions and technical metadata for the coal mining data held in the national coal mining database of England, Scotland and Wales.
How to get data and documents held by the Coal 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.
Details about the different types of coal mining information and data available from the Coal Authority, including how to access it.
Description of the dataset showing part of the coal mining reporting area which contains recorded coal mining related features.
The Coal Authority makes a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
A community event will take place next week to explain proposals for a mine water treatment scheme at Threlkeld, near Keswick.
Description of the dataset showing the area of the ground that might be affected if subsidence a mine entry occurs.
The Coal Authority is working with partners to unlock the heat within our historical coal mine network, to transform the homes and workplaces of the future.
You can claim for subsidence damage caused by coal mining - what you can claim for, how to apply, who deals with your claim
Public sector organisations are now able to license Coal Authority data for free.
Description of the dataset showing known locations where a coal seam is near the surface.
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