Coal Mining Risk Identification Flow Chart

Information on the coal mining issues identified in the yellow boxes is provided within Coal Authority Mining Reports available from www.coal.gov.uk

YES If this effects the NO Site Investigation Required

Are there mine entries recorded
development is the location
within the site boundaries or YES
NO Site Investigation Required
known ? Are treatment details
within 20 metres of the site available?
boundary? NO No further action required YES Seek Professional Advice
Risk assessment and
mitigation measures to be
incorporated into proposed
development
Is there a possibility of YES Seek Professional Advice Further investigation of information or
unrecorded shallow workings site investigation maybe required
and / or mine entries? NO No further action required

Is the proposed development Is the extent of workings NO Site Investigation Required

within the likely zone of influence YES
known?
of past underground coal YES Seek Professional Advice
workings at depths of less than Risk assessment and
NO No further action required mitigation measures to be
30 metres?
incorporated into proposed
development

YES Seek Professional Advice Further investigation of information or

Is there a record of mine gas
site investigation maybe required
emissions within the site
boundary? NO Is the development on
YES Site Investigation Required
made ground or colliery
spoil? NO No further action required

Seek Professional Advice Subsidence damage occurring within 6

Ground movement may still years from the date of mining is covered
YES
Is the proposed development in YES Are the workings less than be occurring by the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991.
the likely zone of influence of past 6 years old?
NO No further action required
underground coal mining?
NO No further action required

Seek Professional Advice Subsidence damage occurring within 6

Is the proposed development in
YES Ground movement may still years from the date of mining is covered
the likely zone of influence of any
be occurring by the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991.
present underground coal
workings? NO No further action required

Is the proposed development in

an area for which the Coal YES Seek Professional Advice Risk assessment and mitigation
Authority is determining or has measures to be incorporated into
granted a licence to remove proposed development
NO No further action required
coal by underground methods?

Are there known faults or other Risk assessment and mitigation

YES Seek Professional Advice
lines of weakness due to coal measures to be incorporated into
mining at the site of the proposed proposed development
NO No further action required
development?

Has the site been subject to Is the treatment adequate YES No further action required
YES for the type of
remedial works by, or on behalf of
the Coal Authority under its development? NO Seek Professional Advice
Emergency Surface Hazard Call Risk assessment and
NO No further action required mitigation measures to be
Out procedures?
incorporated into proposed
development

Is it adequate for the type of YES No further action required

YES
Is the proposed development Is the restoration development? NO
YES Seek Professional Advice
within the boundary of an specification known? NO Seek Professional Advice Risk assessment and
opencast site from which coal
Risk assessment and mitigation measures to be
has been removed by opencast
mitigation measures to be incorporated into proposed
methods? NO No further action required
incorporated into proposed development
development

Is the proposed development

YES Seek Professional Advice Risk assessment and mitigation
within 200 metres of the
measures to be incorporated into
boundary of an opencast site
NO
proposed development
from which coal is being No further action required
removed?