Your Local Planning Authority has implemented The Coal Authority's revised approach to planning applications:
We have defined specific ‘Coal Mining Development Referral Areas’. These are areas, based upon Coal Authority records, where the potential land stability and other safety risks associated with former coal mining activities are likely to be greatest. They include, for example, areas of known or suspected shallow coal mining, recorded mine entries and areas of former surface mining.
For all new development proposals within Coal Mining Development Referral Areas that require planning permission, except householder developments, the Coal Authority will expect a Coal Mining Risk Assessment to be prepared and submitted with the planning application to the Local Planning Authority.
You will need to check the location of your development site on the Coal Mining Development Referral Area plan below or use the new Interactive Map Viewer.
The Coal Mining Risk Assessment should outline the mining position in relation to your development site and assess any risks to the development proposed. It should also outline any mitigation measures that are required to ensure that the development will be safe and will not lead to any future ground instability or other public safety issues. Further information about who can prepare the Coal Mining Risk Assessment, and the issues it will need to cover, is available from the ‘Useful Information’ section below.
Householder development (extensions, alterations etc) will not require a Coal Mining Risk Assessment for a Planning Application, Local Planning Authorities will issue an informative note for this type of development, however this information maybe required for a subsequent Building Control Application.
Please note that the plan made available on this page is intended for use in identifying the broad spatial extent and whether a development site is located within the Coal Mining Development Referral Area. Alternatively use the Interactive Map Viewer.
For detailed coal mining information on a specific site a coal mining report should be sought.
Other Relevant Coal Mining Information
The Coal Authority holds other information on coal mining which is relevant to development management.