
Planning advice
Businesses in the Borough have access to free, impartial advice through the Council’s Economic Development Team. The team are here to help and can provide guidance and information to those who want to start a new business, grow an existing business, or invest in or relocate to one of Stockton-on-Tees’ many excellent strategic business locations.
Experts in everything to do with business in Stockton-on-Tees, the professional and friendly team will work with you to understand your needs and help you to achieve your goals in the Borough including:
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This website is run by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
If you need information on this website in a different format such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
• email webmaster@stockton.gov.uk
• call 01642 524581
We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email webmaster@stockton.gov.uk.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is mostly compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:
We are working to make our website as accessible as possible. However, we know some parts of this website are not fully accessible.
• You cannot modify the line height or spacing of text (AA 1.4.12)
• Some links are not distinguished by more than just colour (A 1.4.1) and may not explain their purpose (A 2.4.4). There are also some issues with hyperlinks that appear to link to anchors which do not exist (A 2.4.1). We are working on fixing this issues very soon.
• Video content on this website may not be accessible, particularly where a third party application (e.g. YouTube) is used.
As this website has just launched, we are monitoring its use and will continue to make improvements to the website as time goes on. Any improvement suggestions can be sent to webmaster@stockton.gov.uk.
This statement was prepared on 15 July 2021. It was last reviewed on 19 July 2021.
This website is tested several times every week. The test is carried out by Silktide and the results are reviewed on an ongoing basis.