Wigan council has brought in more than £10.5m in the last five years selling off land. Two former school sites and old council offices have come off the town hall books and are now being developed into new houses.
A total of 141 plots of land were sold for £10,535,954 since the start of 2017. The old Abraham Guest and St Gabriel’s school sites accounted for more than £3m of that total and will provide new homes for the borough now.
Charlotte Cordingley, director for housing, property and corporate assets at Wigan Council, said: “The council sells off land and property for a variety of reasons; often because it is no longer needed or to deliver on our strategic objectives, such as developing housing or infrastructure.
