Unitary authority · England

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a unitary authority. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Middlesbrough
Unitary authority · E06000002
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
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Type
Unitary authority
Single tier
Official code
E06000002
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
Tees Valley
Strategic transport, economic development, skills

Other bodies covering this area

Tees Valley
Combined authority
  • Strategic transport
  • Economic development
  • Skills
Cleveland
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
24
Postcode sectors
16
Wards
2
Constituencies

3 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

16 wards recorded in this council area.

Acklam · Ayresome · Berwick Hills & Pallister · Brambles & Thorntree · Central · Coulby Newham · Linthorpe · Longlands & Beechwood · Marton East · Newport · North Ormesby · Nunthorpe · Park · Park End & Beckfield · Stainton & Thornton · Trimdon

Postcode sectors

TS1 1 · TS1 2 · TS1 3 · TS1 4 · TS1 5 · TS1 9 · TS2 1 · TS3 0 · TS3 6 · TS3 7 · TS3 8 · TS3 9 · TS4 2 · TS4 3 · TS5 4 · TS5 5 · TS5 6 · TS5 7 · TS5 8 · TS7 0 · TS7 8 · TS8 0 · TS8 8 · TS8 9

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E06000002.