[4] The county borough of Teesside had only been created six years earlier in 1968; the wards from Teesside which became part of Langbaurgh broadly corresponded to the pre-1968 municipal borough of Redcar, urban district of Eston and parish of Ormesby.

The district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.

[6] The council changed the district's name from Langbaurgh to Langbaurgh-on-Tees with effect from 1 January 1988.

[9][10] Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council provides both county-level and district-level services.

Parts of the borough are included in civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government for their areas.

[25] The Civic Centre opened in 2014 as part of a £31 million development called the "Leisure and Community Heart", which incorporates a council chamber, mayor's parlour, register services, meeting rooms, 44 business units, as well as sport and leisure facilities.

[29][30] In 1981 the council also bought the former headquarters of the Cargo Fleet Iron Company in South Bank, which had been built in 1916.