Gateshead Council has green-lit the transfer of Marley Hill football pitch to a local youth club.
The Whickham Fellside Youth Football Club has been granted a 25-year lease for the football pitch and changing rooms at Marley Hill Park on the condition it receives confirmation for the transfer from two further bodies.
The council is trustee of the land, and because of its trust status, rubber stamping is required by the Charities Commission and coal mining charity CISWO which works to protect community spaces in former coal mining communities.
