Transfer of Market Stance has one final hurdle before Kingussie shinty club can take control
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Highland councillors have agreed the next step in Kingussie Camanachd taking over the Market Stance playing field in the town.
Members of the local authority's Badenoch and Strathspey area committee were brought up to date at their latest meeting following the conclusion of the public consultation on the community asset transfer.
The pitch has been in a state of disrepair for more than a decade and has only had limited use as a result.
The shinty club is seeking to restore the playing field to a high standard and make it available to the wider community for all kinds of sports and events.
Sara Murdoch, Highland Council's Common Good Fund Officer told the committee: "The public consultation commenced on 26 August, last year and ran until 8 November, last year.
"Two responses were received within that period and both were fully supportive of the proposal commenting that it would be a positive step for the community and provide a sports facility that would be a credit to Kingussie."
Local councillors agreed to the disposal following the public responses.
The council now has a statutory obligation to seek Sheriff Court consent for the transfer to a 25-year-lease which will cost the club £1 per year
The report explains: "The Market Stance Pitch is considered to be inalienable because the deed disposing of it to the former burgh contains a specific requirement that it is 'for the purpose of being used as a playing field for the use of the inhabitants if the said burgh of Kingussie and for no other purpose without consent...
"How long such an application will take to conclude will be entirely contingent upon court timescales. Updates will be provided to future Badenoch and Strathspey committees."
