Shropshire Council land and building sell-off could raise £40 million

Clive Wright, chief executive of the authority, has also insisted there are no plans to sell the council's golf club in Shrewsbury.

The comments come as part of a review of all the council's land and buildings. Mr Wright said he hoped the move would generate up to £40 million over the next three to four years.

But Mr Wright has said there is no plan to sell Meole Brace Golf Club, which is believed to be worth in excess of £15 million. He told the Shropshire Star the site may not always be a golf course but will always be available as public amenity.

"There are no specific plans around the golf course and all plans would be subject to planning approval," he said.

"There would have to be a public amenity around there. It may not always be a golf course – that said there are no plans to anything with it – but it will always be for public amenity."

The money raised through the sale of land is intended to help pay for about £38 million of spending.

The schemes include £12.5 million earmarked to pay for future redundancies, £20.2 million to be spent on the authority's IT digital transformation scheme, and £5.1 million on replacing the children and adult social care IT system.

The council has also been advertising a number of buildings and pieces of land on its own website. The most expensive is 1.89 acres of land at Ellesmere Wharf advertised at £950,000 as a "prime residential site".

Another large site is 0.59 hectares at 36 Stafford Street, Market Drayton, marketed for £750,000.

Other buildings include The Hollies, a 19th century house in the centre of Shrewsbury, and Conduit Farm, Bridgnorth, which is advertised for £350,000.

Council leader Malcolm Pate said all buildings and land were being considered as part of a review.