Guidance

Pre-application advice for developing on the coalfield

A service to ensure you consider any associated risks of historical coal mining for proposals within the Development High Risk Area.

Documents

Pre-application advice service enquiry form

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Details

The Mining Remediation Authority’s pre-application advice service helps ensure that any risks from coal mining legacy are considered throughout the planning, design and implementation of a project.

The pre-application advice service enquiry form must be completed and submitted along with the required documentation in order for your pre-application enquiry to be considered and processed.

View details about the Development High Risk Area and Coal Mining Risk Assessments.

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.

Pre-application advice service

Mining Remediation Authority
200 Lichfield Lane
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 4RG

Email planningadvice@miningremediation.gov.uk

Telephone 01623 637119

Updates to this page

Published 19 September 2019
Last updated 23 September 2024 + show all updates
  1. Pre-application advice service enquiry form added to webpage.

  2. Details added about how we operate the service and about how we calculate the fee.

  3. Non-statutory pre-application advice service is temporarily not available.

  4. Section 1 "What we need to know – information requirements" has been updated to reflect Coal Authority Technical Guidance Note TGN02/2021

  5. Information added relating to the Terms of Service

  6. First published.

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