Guidance and regulation

How to access and use the coal mining information for England, Scotland and Wales held in the national coal mining database.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 30 September 2021

Description of the dataset showing known extent of coal mining activity, which is used to check if a coal mining report is needed.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 25 April 2019

• Coal Mining Reporting Area Metadata

  1. Description 1.1 Keywords Coal Mining, Underground, Mining Report,…

Description of the dataset showing known mine entries indicating the entrance into a mine working.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 February 2024

• Mine Entries Dataset: User Guide

  1. Introduction The Coal Authority manages the effects of past coal…

Description of the abandoned mines catalogue, a search tool to determine relevant abandonment plans to a given search criteria.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 October 2014

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.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 1 June 2023

How to get data and documents held by the Coal Authority.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 1 June 2018

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.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 12 August 2021

Description of the dataset showing part of the coal mining reporting area which contains recorded coal mining related features.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 October 2014

Description of the dataset showing underground coal workings whose depth is 30 metres or less from the surface.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 February 2024

Description of the dataset showing known locations where a coal seam is near the surface.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 October 2014

Description of the dataset showing the area of the ground that might be affected if subsidence a mine entry occurs.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 October 2014

Description of the dataset showing areas of coal extracted by surface excavations in the past or currently being excavated.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 October 2014

How to deal with covenants and legal requirements contained in title deeds which refer to the Coal Authority and its predecessors.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 1 June 2012

Description of the dataset showing extent of coal resources capable of being extracted by surface mining methods.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 October 2014

Terms and conditions for a permit to enter, disturb or alter coal mines or coal on your property.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 1 June 2022

Description of the dataset showing likely extent of shallow underground coal workings for which no recorded plans exist.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 October 2014

Coal Authority data sets available under licence.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 14 February 2024

Map showing the river catchments polluted by abandoned metal mines in Cornwall and Devon, including where measures are in place to manage this pollution.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 17 December 2020

Description of the dataset showing types of geological disturbances which may have been affected by coal mining.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 9 October 2014

Map showing the location of the Nent Haggs mine water treatment scheme.

• From: Coal Authority
• Updated: 25 June 2020