Mining, quarrying and extraction

Safety, permits, environmental impact and legacy issues

Get licences and permits

• Coal mining licence applications
• Minerals
• Dredging
• Mining Remediation Authority permit process

Manage environmental impacts

• Waste: environmental permits
• Mining waste operations: additional guidance
• Noise and vibration management: environmental permits
• Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits
• Control and monitor emissions for your environmental permit

Manage legacy mines, subsidence and hazards

• Claim for subsidence damage caused by coal mining
• Coal mining subsidence damage notice form
• Planning applications and Coal Mining Risk Assessments
• Report a coal mine hazard
• Abandoned mines and the water environment

Mining data and resources

• Free of charge coal mining information
• Coal mining records, data, deeds and documents
• Coal mining data: mine entries
• Mine water heat

Get support

• Mining Remediation Authority
• Health and Safety Executive
• Environment Agency
• Marine Management Organisation