Identification

Title

Surface Coal Resource Areas

Abstract

The Surface Coal Resource Areas define the coal resources capable of being extracted by surface mining methods, often referred to as ‘opencast’. This information is used by Local Planning Authorities as part of the duty to safeguard minerals from unnecessary sterilisation. The surface coal resource areas shown have been derived from current information available to the Coal Authority and British Geological Survey.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_planning_policy_constraints/MapServer/WMSServer?

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: Surface.Coal.Resource.Areas

description: Surface Coal Resource Areas

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

9b451c9ceeffe489a65756d5d293bbac525a0aff_resource

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coal-mining-data-surface-resource-areas

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

location

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

coal

mining

energy

exploration

opencast mining

resource

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

surface

underground

mining report

ground stability

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.141715

East bounding longitude

2.475924

North bounding latitude

60.010291

South bounding latitude

49.766186

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2011-10-21

End position

2011-10-21

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-11-29T00:00:02

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The surface coal resource areas shown have been derived from information available to the Coal Authority and British Geological Survey at the stated point in time. Extract of data from the National Coal Mining Database.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Customer Service Team

organisation name

The Coal Authority

full postal address

200 Lichfield Lane

Mansfield

NG18 4RG

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)845 7626848

facsimile number

+44 (0)1623 637338

email address

groundstability@coal.gov.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-coal-authority

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Customer Service Team

organisation name

The Coal Authority

full postal address

200 Lichfield Lane

Mansfield

NG18 4RG

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)845 7626848

facsimile number

+44 (0)1623 637338

email address

groundstability@coal.gov.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-coal-authority

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-08-30T12:24:39

Metadata language