Due to the current Coronavirus crisis, the Coal Authority have postponed their planned price increase for a period of six months. These are now scheduled for October 2020. Further information can be found here.
The Coal Authority have announced new prices for their range of residential and commercial mining reports from Wednesday 1st April 2020. These new prices are shown in the tables below:
Residential prices:
| Search | Current price (exc. VAT) | Current price (incl. VAT) | Revised price (exc. VAT) | Revised price (incl. VAT) |
| Coal Mining CON29M | £36.95 | £44.34 | £37.47 | £44.96 |
| Coal Mining No Search Certificate | £23.81 | £28.57 | £24.14 | £28.97 |
| Ground Stability | £62.57 | £75.08 | £63.48 | £76.18 |
| Ground Stability off Coalfield | £47.80 | £57.36 | £48.49 | £58.19 |
| Mine Entry Interpretive Report | £123.91 | £148.69 | £125.74 | £150.89 |
| Subsidence Buffer Report** | £20.83 | £25.00 | £21.11 | £25.33 |
Commercial prices:
| Search | Current price (exc. VAT) | Current price (incl. VAT) | Revised price (exc. VAT) | Revised price (incl. VAT) |
| Coal Mining CON29M* | £84.90 | £101.88 | £86.14 | £103.37 |
| Coal Mining No Search Certificate | £23.81 | £28.57 | £24.14 | £28.97 |
| Ground Stability* | £133.96 | £160.75 | £135.94 | £163.13 |
| Mine Entry Interpretive Report | £123.91 | £148.69 | £125.74 | £150.89 |
| Subsidence Buffer Report** | £20.83 | £25.00 | £21.11 | £25.33 |
* Higher fee applies for properties over 15 hectares
**Per claim
These new prices will automatically be applied to all searches ordered from 1st April 2020 onwards.
Should you have any queries regarding this, or anything else, please feel free to contact us.