Borough in North Yorkshire, England
Unitary authority area and borough in England
Redcar and Cleveland
is a
local government district
with
borough status
in the
ceremonial county
of
North Yorkshire
, England. Its council has been a
unitary authority
since 1996, being a
district council
which also performs the functions of a
county council
.
The borough was created in 1974 as
Langbaurgh
, and was one of four boroughs in the
non-metropolitan county
of
Cleveland
. It was renamed
Langbaurgh-on-Tees
in 1988, and given its present name when Cleveland was abolished in 1996; the borough was made a unitary authority in the same year. Redcar and Cleveland is part of the
Tees Valley
combined authority
, which also includes the boroughs of
Darlington
,
Middlesbrough
,
Hartlepool
and
Stockton-on-Tees
; the latter three were also formerly in Cleveland.
Its main settlement is the town of
Redcar
. Other notable towns and villages include
South Bank
,
Eston
,
Brotton
,
Guisborough
,
Greater Eston
,
Loftus
,
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
and
Skelton
. The borough had a population of 135,200 in 2011.
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History
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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,
Eston
Grange, Kirkleatham, Ormesby, Redcar and South Bank wards of the
County Borough of Teesside
, along with
Guisborough
,
Loftus
,
Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea
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 Langbaurgh-on-Tees.
Cleveland County was abolished on 1 April 1996, with its districts becoming unitary authority areas. 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 Borough Council was renamed
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
and acquired all the full rights and duties as a county, whilst retaining the same boundaries as before.
Demographics
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Economy
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This is a chart of trend of regional gross 'value added' of South Teesside at current basic prices
[3]
by the
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
Local Industry
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The main industry within the greater district of the town of Redcar is the Chemical Industry located close to
Wilton
village on the Chemical Industry Park known internationally as Wilton. The chemical companies are all members of the
Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster
(NEPIC).
The Wilton chemical site is owned by Singaporean utility company
Sembcorp
and companies operating there include
SABIC
who have recently built the world's largest low-density polyethylene plant (LDPE) and still operate an ethylene cracker.
Lotte Chemicals
are expanding both PTA and PET production.
Huntsman
manufacture polyurethane intermediates and
Ensus
have built Europe's largest bioethanol facility. Biffa Polymers now operate a polymer recycling plant that handles up to 30% of the UKs plastic milk bottles. While in support of Sembcorp, who built the UK's first wood-fired power station (Wilton 10), UK Wood Recycling Limited have a significant facility on the site providing waste wood to fuel Wilton 10.
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The
Teesside Steelworks
operated Europe's second largest
blast furnace
. The majority of the steelworks (including the Redcar blast furnace, Redcar and South Bank coke ovens and the BOS plant at Lackenby) closed in 2015.
Social housing
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Coast and Country Housing Limited
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Coast and Country
took over
[5]
the ownership and management of homes from Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in July 2002.
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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.
Beyond Housing
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In 2018, Coast and Country merged with Yorkshire Coast Homes to form Beyond Housing Limited, a
Community Benefit Society
with 15,000 properties across Teesside and North Yorkshire.
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Local nature reserves
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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
.
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Towns and parishes
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There are five
civil parishes
in the borough. The parish councils for Guisborough and Loftus have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council". The north-west of the borough, corresponding to the parts that were in the
County Borough of Teesside
between 1968 and 1974 (including
Redcar
and
Eston
and adjoining areas), is an
unparished area
.
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The parishes are:
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Town twinning
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Redcar and Cleveland is
twinned
with:
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