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The Borough of Darlington is a unitary authority area with borough status in County Durham, England. Since 1997 Darlington Borough Council has been a unitary authority; it is independent from Durham County Council. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Darlington, where the council is based. The borough also includes a rural ...
Darlington Borough Council elections are held every four years. Darlington Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Darlington in County Durham , England . Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district .
The old town hall was the headquarters of Darlington Borough Council until it moved to the new town hall in Feethams in 1970. The complex consists of three separate buildings, all of which are Grade II listed : the old town hall, [ 1 ] the market hall [ 2 ] and the clock tower.
A Darlington Council meeting was told supermarket retailer Morrisons maintained the site until the land was sold in 2022, ... "However, contact has been made with the new owner, and, in the ...
The town hall initially served as the headquarters of Darlington County Borough Council [11] and remained the local seat of government when the enlarged Darlington District Council was formed in 1974. [12] It went on to become the headquarters of the new unitary authority, Darlington Borough Council, in 1997. [13]
Darlington Free Library, a Grade II listed building in Crown Street, was built for £10,000 by Edward Pease. His daughter, Lady Lymington, opened the building on 23 October 1885 and presented it to the town council who agreed to operate it in perpetuity. As of 2022, it contains a library and "centre for local studies". [11] [12]
The Durham County Record Office holds the archives for County Durham and the Borough of Darlington.The service is run by Durham County Council. [1] The archives were held at County Hall, Durham until 2024 when the service moved to a new building which is part of The Story at Mount Oswald, South Road, Durham.
The 2023 Darlington Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 50 members of Darlington Borough Council in County Durham, England. This was at the same time as other local elections across England. The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by a Conservative minority