Redcar and Cleveland

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Borough of Redcar & Cleveland
—  Unitary, Borough  —
Redcar and Cleveland Civic Centre within Inspire 2 Learn

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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region North East England
Ceremonial County North Yorkshire
Founded
Admin. HQ Teesville
Government
 • Type Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
 • Leadership: George Dunning (L)
 • Executive: Labour
 • MPs: Tom Blenkinsop (L)
Ian Swales (LD)
Area
 • Total 94.6 sq mi (244.9 km2)
Area rank 155th
Population (2011 est.)
 • Total 135,200
 • Rank Ranked 150th
 • Density Bad rounding here1,400/sq mi (Bad rounding here550/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code 00EE (ONS)
E06000003 (GSS)
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity 98.9% White
Website redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

The borough of Redcar & Cleveland is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England consisting of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, and small towns such as Brotton, Eston, Skelton and Loftus. It had a resident population of 135,200 in 2011,[1] and is part of the Tees Valley economic area. It is represented in Parliament by Ian Swales (Liberal Democrat) for the Redcar constituency and by Tom Blenkinsop (Labour) for the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

The district was created in 1974 as the borough of Langbaurgh, one of four districts of the new non-metropolitan county of Cleveland. It was formed from the Coatham, Kirkleatham, Ormesby, Redcar and South Bank wards of the county borough of Teesside, along with Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea, Eston Grange and Skelton and Brotton urban districts, from the North Riding of Yorkshire. The borough was named after the ancient Langbaurgh wapentake of Yorkshire. On 1 January 1988 the borough was renamed as Langbaurgh-on-Tees.

Cleveland County was abolished on 1 April 1996, with its districts becoming unitary authorities. At this time Langbaurgh-on-Tees was renamed Redcar and Cleveland. Cleveland County was a two-tier local authority, with the county council being superior to its four districts, of which Langbaurgh-on-Tees was one. Upon becoming a unitary authority, Langbaurgh-on-Tees (renamed as Redcar and Cleveland) acquired all the full rights and duties as a county, whilst retaining the same boundaries as before. The borough borders Scarborough and Hambleton in North Yorkshire, and the unitary authorities of Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool.

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Civic Centre [edit]

The Borough Council's town hall was situated in Teesville, on Fabian Road, until its demolition in 2012. Civic facilities were relocated, with full council and other larger political meetings taking place at Inspire 2 Learn, formerly the Eston City Learning Centre, on Normanby Road, also in Teesville. The Leader and Deputy Leader's office, together with offices for political groups, have temporarily moved there until new facilities are available within the £31 million Redcar Leisure & Community Heart scheme. In addition, The Mayor's office has been temporarily relocated to Kirkleatham Museum, before also switching to Redcar in 2013. The Council also has offices in Redcar at Kirkleatham Street and in Guisborough.[2][3]

The town hall closure also provides an environmental boost as it was the authority's worst-performing building for carbon dioxide emissions.[4]

In 2002, the borough transferred its council housing stock of over 10,000 homes to an independent housing association established for the purpose: Coast & Country Housing Limited.

Economy [edit]

This is a chart of trend of regional gross 'value added' of South Teesside at current basic prices[5] published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year Regional Gross Value Added[1] Agriculture[2] Industry[3] Services[4]
1995 2,428 9 926 1,493
2000 2,919 11 940 1,967
2003 3,167 10 970 2,187
2006 3,982 11 997 4,187

^ includes hunting and forestry

^ includes energy and construction

^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Social housing [edit]

Coast and Country Housing Limited [edit]

Coast and Country is the largest social housing provider within Redcar and Cleveland. It took over the ownership and management of homes from Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in July 2002. In addition to providing core housing services the company has also invested in independent living services, including the development of a new Telecare service in partnership with the Borough Council.

Local nature reserves [edit]

The council maintains a number of Local nature reserves. These are Guisborough Branch Walkway, Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park and Rosecroft Wood, Loftus Wood, Whitecliff Wood, Clarksons Wood, Errington Wood and Eston Moor.[6]

Politics [edit]

The makeup of the council following the 2011 elections was as follows:

Group affiliation Members
Labour 30
Labour Co-op 2
Liberal Democrat 16
Conservative 6
  East Cleveland Independents
3
  Independents
2
 Total
59

The turn-out was 42.01 per cent.[7]

Youth Parliament [edit]

Redcar & Cleveland Council promotes the UK Youth Parliament, a national charity which promotes democratic debate amongst its 11 - 18-year-old members.[8]

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Coordinates: 54°34′45″N 1°02′03″W / 54.57923°N 1.03409°W / 54.57923; -1.03409