JUBILANT residents are celebrating after plans to build offices on a green belt were withdrawn.
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has announced an agreement in principle to build the offices on a former foundry site in Guisborough.
The news means that its second choice, the Beck Side green space in the town, will now be spared from development.
Had councillors failed to acquire the former Blackett Hutton foundry in Rectory Lane, trees would have been cleared from the area near Chapel Beck to make room for a car park.
The proposal was met with angry opposition from residents.
Ted Amos, chairman of the Beck Side Park Protest Group, said: "It's fantastic news.
"Now we are looking at the possibility of getting a covenant for the park, to preserve it for the future."
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