North East England Mining and Groundwater Constraints Map for Sustainable Development

A screening tool map created through a partnership between the Environment Agency and the Coal Authority. Its geographical coverage is currently limited to the coalfield in North East England. The tool seeks to raise awareness of mining and groundwater constraints to inform sustainable development and drainage systems.

Use Cases

• Assess land suitability for construction based on described mining constraints.
• Plan sustainable drainage systems based on described groundwater constraints.
• Screen development proposals for environmental risks based on the map's constraint data.

Strengths

• Created through a formal partnership between the Environment Agency and the Coal Authority.
• Specifically focuses on the North East England coalfield region.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Geographical coverage is described as limited to one region.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency and the Coal Authority

Collection Method

Likely created through geospatial analysis and data integration from the partner organizations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-06 07:16:01.969996; freshness should be verified

Geography

North East England coalfield