Permission to Enter or Disturb Coal Authority Mining Interests

Any activity which intersects, disturbs or enters any of the Authority's coal interests requires our prior written authorisation.

This authorisation can take the form of either a Licence, an Agreement, or a Permit, depending upon the activity to be carried out.

The following activities require a Permit, and are dealt with by the Authority's Permissions department:

• Initial site investigation boreholes
• Treatment of abandoned coal mine workings for ground stability purposes
• Treatment of coal mine entries for ground stability purposes

Activities including the mining of coal, exploration for coal, deep drilling through coal for other purposes (e.g. water abstraction), underground coal gasification, digging and carrying away of coal during non coal mining related activities (incidental coal), or exploration and exploitation of coal methane require a Licence or Agreement and are dealt with by the Licensing Department.

Apply for a Permit

• About the revised Permissions procedures
• Application Form for Permits
• Application Form for Permits - Guidance Notes
• Fees for Permit Applications
• Terms and Conditions for Permit Applications
• Closure Form for Permit Applications

Useful Information

• Health and Safety Executive - Positioning Statement (Carbon Monoxide)
• Model documents (for the application and issue of Licences)
• Public safety risks arising from investigations into coal and abandoned coal workings
• View our Licensing Services section
• Seams with a history of spontaneous combustion

Contacts

• Division of Coal Authority responsibilities for Permissions applications (map of England, Scotland and Wales)
• e: permissions@coal.gov.uk
• t: 01623 637 339
• f: 01623 620 363

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