Residential Development, Caulms Wood Road, Dewsbury, WF13 1RU

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Coal mining risk assessment at Caulms Wood Road, Dewsbury

For residential development at Caulms Wood Road, Dewsbury, the CMRA reviewed Coal Authority data, geological information and existing nearby boreholes. Possible shallow worked seams and an adit required further assessment. The original record reports acceptance of the recommendations, removal of the authority objection and planning approval. It does not record the details or completion of follow-up intrusive works.

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Due to the site being within a ‘Development High Risk Area’ the Coal Authority raised an object to the application until the applicant had submitted a Coal Mining Risk Assessment (CMRA).

The aim of a CMRA is to identify any coal mining legacy risks and set out a proposed mitigation strategy to demonstrate to the LPA that the site can be made safe and stable for the proposed development. In some cases it may be possible to ensure that the development layout avoids recorded high risk features.

The CMRA assesses the data held by the Coal Authority as well as published geology and any publicly available boreholes in the vicinity of the site.

A review of the published geology indicated that the bedrock was exposed at the site, boreholes sunk in close proximity of the site indicated coal at shallow depths.

Information provided by the Coal Authority indicated that the site was in an area where shallow worked coal seams may be present as well as an adit to the north of the site.

Given the potential issues relating to the adit further works were prosed, which was required before the Coal Authority removed their objection to the report.

The CMRA was submitted to support the application, thr recommendations of the report were approved b the Coal Authority who then removed their object ot the development and planning was granted