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Underground coal gasification licences

Application form, guidance notes and charges for underground coal gasification licences.

• From: Coal Authority and Mining Remediation Authority
• Published: 1 October 2013
• Last updated: 23 September 2024 — See all updates

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Apply for an underground coal gasification licence

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Guidance notes for applicants for underground coal gasification licences

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Requirements for extending the term of conditional licenses

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Application form and guidance notes for underground coal gasification licences.

Model documents for this licence are available on request.

Charges

Application fees for new operational or conditional licences or area variations to existing operational or conditional licences:

• £575 per hectare
• Minimum £575
• Maximum £13,800 (maximum area of 10,000 hectares)

Application fee for other types of variations to existing operational or conditional licences:

• £575

Grant fees for new operational or conditional licences:

• £1,150

Grant fee for area variations to existing operational or conditional licences:

• £575

Grant fee for extensions of term to existing operational licences:

• Equivalent to annual fee

Grant fee for other types of variations to existing operational or conditional licences:

• £575

Annual fee for operational licences (based on an estimate of tonnage to be produced in the following 12 months):

• £575 for annual production up to 5,000 tonnes
• £1,150 for annual production from 5,001 to 250,000 tonnes
• £5,750 for annual production more than than 250,000 tonnes

Annual fee for conditional licences (if an exploration licence has been granted with a conditional licence only one annual fee is payable):

• £575

Payments for coal or rights in relation to coal for operational licences:

• £0.17 per tonne production-related rent

Payments for coal or rights in relation to coal associated with conditional licences:

• £0.30 per hectare paid on grant of option for lease
• £0.35 per hectare paid at the end of year 1 of option for lease
• £0.40 per hectare paid at the end of year 2 of option for lease
• £0.45 per hectare paid at the end of year 3 of option for lease
• £0.50 per hectare paid at the end of year 4 of option for lease
• £0.60 per hectare paid at the end of year 5 of option for lease
• £1.15 per hectare paid at the end of year 6 of option for lease
• £1.75 per hectare paid at the end of year 7 of option for lease

For enquiries relating to our licences, including payment of fees, please contact us.

Licensing and Permissions team

Mining Remediation Authority
200 Lichfield Lane
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 4RG

Email LicensingAndPermissions@MiningRemediation.gov.uk

Telephone 01623 637 450

Monday to Thursday: 8:45am to 5:00pm
Friday: 8:45am to 4:30pm

Published 1 October 2013

Last updated 23 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 23 September 2024

   Updated guidance notes for applicants for underground coal gasification licences.

2. 18 November 2016

   Update of guidance notes document, to a combined guidance notes with application form document.

3. 1 October 2013

   First published.