Hartlepool Borough Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Hartlepool Borough Council is the one council for Hartlepool: there is no county council above it, so it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 2,706 postcodes in use in Hartlepool, in 6 postcode districts of the TS postcode area.
97% of homes and businesses in Hartlepool can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 275 homes and businesses in Hartlepool in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Do it on Hartlepool Borough Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Roads and parking
Report a problem
Schools
Care, support and libraries
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Hartlepool Borough Council. GOV.UK lists 26. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 9 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Hartlepool?
Across Hartlepool, 97% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 96% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Hartlepool?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,560 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,707 |
| Band B | £1,991 |
| Band C | £2,276 |
| Band D | £2,560 |
| Band E | £3,129 |
| Band F | £3,698 |
| Band G | £4,267 |
| Band H | £5,120 |
Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Hartlepool are at risk of flooding?
Across Hartlepool, the Environment Agency puts 275 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 147 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Hartlepool the Environment Agency counts 1,954 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (3.7% of all its properties), 2,152 at medium risk (4%) and 6,778 at low risk (12.7%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcode districts with postcodes in Hartlepool
- TS22 postcode district75 of its 342 postcodes in use are in Hartlepool.
- TS23 postcode district1 of its 767 postcodes in use is in Hartlepool.
- TS24 postcode districtAll 748 of its postcodes in use are in Hartlepool.
- TS25 postcode districtAll 1,065 of its postcodes in use are in Hartlepool.
- TS26 postcode districtAll 660 of its postcodes in use are in Hartlepool.
- TS27 postcode district157 of its 390 postcodes in use are in Hartlepool.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode area
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Hartlepool.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Hartlepool?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Hartlepool covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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