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The Mining Remediation Authority owns and manages 40 disused colliery tip sites across the United Kingdom.
Detailed guidance on building near to coal and mines.
Coal seams in England with a history of spontaneous combustion
A service to ensure you consider any associated risks of historical coal mining for proposals within the Development High Risk Area.
Description of the dataset showing areas of coal extracted by surface excavations in the past or currently being excavated.
This document provides guidance on managing the risk of hazardous gases when drilling or piling near coal.
Guidance on applying for and obtaining the relevant permits and access agreements for a mine water heating, cooling or storage scheme or research project.
The Mining Remediation Authority's approach to regularising any activity which intersects, disturbs or enters any of our interests.
Maps relating to the proposed Nenthead mine water treatment scheme.
How to find out if a coal mining licence or other consent is needed and how to apply.
The price for Coal Authority data sets varies according to which licence they are provided under.
Findings from a large subsidence event on a residential estate.
Description of the dataset showing part of the coal mining reporting area which contain no recorded coal mining legacy risks.
Explanation of compensation you could get for your surveyor's fees if you successfully claim for coal mining subsidence damage.
Map showing which rivers are polluted by abandoned metal mines in Weardale
Map showing which rivers are polluted by abandoned metal mines in the South Tyne catchment.
Example of the Coal Authority's Data Use Licence that can be applied for.
An example of the Coal Authority's Non-Commercial Use Licence that may be applied for.
Description of the data set showing types of geological disturbances which may have been affected by coal mining.
Mine water blocks are a set of flooded collieries which are interconnected and exhibit a continuous gradient of water level across their area.
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