Guidance

Apply to license coal mining data

Apply to use data available under licence from the Mining Remediation Authority and view the cost of the data.

Documents

Application form: Coal mining data licence

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Details

The Mining Remediation Authority owns the copyright and database rights in its data sets.

The Mining Remediation Authority permits others to use and re-use this intellectual property under licence.

The type of licence required depends on the end use for which the data is supplied.

Metadata

Our user guides outline why the data set was created and its potential uses.

Technical information regarding the geographic information system (GIS) and how the data was created is described and information on how to use the data set is provided.

View the Mining Remediation Authority’s user guides and metadata information.

‘Use’ and ‘Re-use’

‘Use’ means the use of Mining Remediation Authority data by persons or legal entities ‘for commercial or non-commercial purposes within the public task for which the documents were produced’. Where available, data sets which are licenced for use will contain personal data.

‘Re-use’ means the use of Mining Remediation Authority data by persons or legal entities ‘for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the initial purpose within the public task for which the documents were produced’ (as defined by the European Directive on the Re-Use of Public Sector Information 2015). Data sets which are licenced for reuse will have all personal data removed.

Example licence agreements

View example licence documents.

Coal Authority data

The Mining Remediation Authority is the trading name of the Coal Authority (‘TCA’) established pursuant to Section 1 of the Coal Industry Act 1994, of 200 Lichfield Lane, Berry Hill, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG. The Coal Authority remains the legal name of the Authority.

Updates to this page

Published 28 November 2024

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