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Coal mining searches are considered by property professionals as vital for anyone buying property in any coal mining area in Britain. The Coal Authority holds and maintains the national coal mining database and its Mining Reports Service provides a fast, accurate, property-specific and cost-effective coal mining service for any property in Scotland, England and Wales. Since 23rd October 2006, the coal mining search in England and Wales also includes information about brine subsidence claims.
A
Gazetteer
of England, Wales and Scotland, gives an indication of where a mining search report may be required. Depending on locality; two documents outline the procedure for obtaining a mining report. They are:
The Coal Authority's
Scale of Charges
lists current charges incurred when requesting a mining search report.
The Law Society of Scotland have published
Guidance Notes
for their members which give more detailed information about their scheme for Coal Mining Searches. The Law Society of England & Wales has also published similar
Guidance Notes
. Both sets of Guidance Notes should be read in conjunction with their respective
Gazetteer.
Ground Stability Reports Service
The Authority also provides a more comprehensive
Ground Stability Report
which provides all the coal mining and brine subsidence claim search information outlined above, together with property specific information in simple language on the potential hazards related to natural subsidence throughout Great Britain. An authoritively sourced Ground Stability Report is a vital component of any Home Information Pack (Purchasers Information Pack in Scotland).
Interpretive Reports Service
Since 1st October 2003 the Authority has offered an interpretative reports service at a cost of £40.00 + £7.00, total = £47.00. This service is offered to customers when a mine entry is disclosed in either a standard residential Mining or Ground Stability report. This report will provide more detailed analysis and advice about the mine entries. This will include a risk assessment as to whether, in the expert opinion of the Coal Authority, the main building of the property is inside or outside the possible zone of ground movement from any reported mine entry.
Please note that it may not be possible to produce a report if the main building to the property cannot be identified from Coal Authority plans (ie: for development sites and new builds). Documentation that supports an Interpretive Report can be found by downloading the following PDF documents:
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