A HAMPSHIRE council could sell land to cover a £16m shortfall in its house building programme.
The current cost is about £36m, £16m more than budgeted for in February, due to Winchester City Council listing more schemes than it can afford.
But officers believe £9m of that will be covered by capital grants and developers’ contributions, leaving £7m outstanding, which could be covered by selling individual plots of land.
Several schemes were dropped including The Park, Droxford; Hobbs Close, Bishop’s Sutton; and Fivefields Road, Highcliffe, because they were not considered viable.
Meanwhile, the committee did approve the construction of new homes in Bourne Close, Otterbourne, and Station Close, Itchen Abbas.
Contractors F E Chase and Sons will carry out both schemes, building three three-bed homes in Otterbourne, and five homes in Itchen Abbas, three with three bedrooms and two with two.
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