Licence Areas Metadata
Published 9 October 2014
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1. Description
1.1 Keywords
Theme: Licence, Coal, Mining, Past, Present, Future, Underground, Surface, UCG – Underground Coal Gasification, coal methane, Exploration
1.2 Abstract
Upon privatisation of the coal industry in 1994 the Coal Authority was set up to take over a number of British Coal’s responsibilities; however these did not include the physical extraction of coal. It is the statutory responsibility of the Coal Authority to licence and monitor the extraction of coal by private operators. These Licence areas relate to any granted licence for the working of coal since the creation of The Coal Authority in October 1994.
1.3 Purpose
Mining and geographical data held on the Coal Authority Mining Database.
1.4 Supplementary Information
Any activity which intersects, disturbs or enters any of the Coal Authority’s coal interests requires our prior written authorisation.
The following activities require a Licence or Agreement from the Coal Authority:
- the mining of coal
- exploration for coal or deep drilling through coal for other purposes (e.g. water abstraction)
- underground coal gasification
- digging and carrying away of coal during non-coal mining related activities (incidental coal)
- exploration and exploitation of coal methane
The National Coal Mining Database, which is based on the records held at The Coal Authority offices in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, is updated on a regular basis. This dataset has been extracted from this dynamic database on the date stated below and therefore represents a snapshot in time.
1.5 Status of the data
Extract of data from the National Coal Mining Database Data update frequency: As needed
1.6 Time period for which the data is relevant
Date and time: 14/08/2014 Description: Dataset export from the National Coal Mining Database
1.7 Publication Information
Who created the data: The Coal Authority Date and time: 26/09/2014
1.8 Data storage and access information
File name: Licence Areas Type of data: vector digital data Data processing environment: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7602) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.0 (Build 2800)
1.9 Accessing the data
Size of the data: Data transfer size:
1.10 Constraints on accessing and using the data
Access and use constraints: This data, service or application is provided free of charge under the terms and conditions of the Open Government Licence The full terms and conditions of the Open Government Licence can be viewed at: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/}(http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/)
If you need any additional advice please contact the Customer Service Team on +44 (0) 345 762 6848 or at groundstability@coal.gov.uk
1.11 Details about this document
Contents last updated: 26/09/2014
1.12 Who completed this document
Louise Tipper, Information Management - The Coal Authority mailing and physical address: 200 Lichfield Lane Mansfield Nottinghamshire NG18 4RG England +44(0) 345 762 6848
1.13 Standards used to create this document
Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Time convention used in this document: local time Metadata profiles defining additional information ESRI Metadata Profile: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
2. Spatial Information
2.1 Horizontal coordinate system
Projected coordinate system name: British_National_Grid Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_OSGB_1936
2.2 Map Projection Name
Transverse Mercator Scale Factor at Central Meridian: 0.999601 Longitude of Central Meridian: -2.000000 Latitude of Projection Origin: 49.000000 False Easting: 400000.000000 False Northing: -100000.000000
2.3 Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Distance Units: meters Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair
2.4 Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution: 0.000000 Ordinate Resolution: 0.000000
2.5 Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name: D_OSGB_1936 Ellipsoid Name: Airy_1830 Semi-major Axis: 6377563.396000 Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 299.324965
2.6 Altitude System Definition
Resolution: 0.000100 Encoding Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
2.7 Bounding coordinates
2.8 Horizontal
In decimal degrees West: -5.992087 East: 2.228188 North: 58.041757 South: 50.942594
In projected or local coordinates Left: 164000.000000 Right: 650000.000000 Top: 905814.900000 Bottom: 122000.000000
2.9 Vertical
Minimum elevation: 0.000000 Maximum elevation: 0.000000
Spatial data description Vector data information ESRI description
2.10 Licence Areas
ESRI feature type: Simple Geometry type: Polygon Topology: FALSE Feature count: 1336 Spatial Index: TRUE Linear referencing: FALSE
2.11 SDTS description
Feature class: SDTS feature type, feature count Licence Areas: G-polygon, 1336
3. Attributes
3.1 Details for Coal Mining Reporting Area
Type of object: Feature Class Number of records: 1336
3.2 Attributes
3.3 STATUS
Alias: Status Data type: String Definition: Licence Area Status (Past/Present/Future) Width: 50
3.4 L_RFRNCE
Alias: Licence Reference Data type: String Definition: Unique Coal Authority Licence Reference Width: 50
3.5 L_TYPE
Alias: Licence Type Data type: String Definition: Underground, Opencast or Underground Coal Gasification Width: 50