Sales of council-owned properties and assets could be used to fund cost saving measures in future years, newly published plans have revealed.

Bracknell Forest Council said in October that it could use money from sales of council property to help plug holes in its budgets.

Now, plans submitted to leading councillors reveal plans to spend the cash on making the council more efficient. But the plans suggest council officers haven’t yet chosen which council properties they might sell off.

Speaking last month, council leader Mary Temperton said the decision on what to sell had not been made but it would “certainly not” include South Hill Park.

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Under the plans, money from asset sales could go towards measures such as increasing the number of permanent employees rather than relying on agency staff, and improving special educational needs services.

Council officers hope spending on these and other areas will return greater savings. The plans will involve spending some £4 million between April 2023 and April 2027. But officers predict this will help the council save more than £9 million over the same period.

In the current year, the spending would be covered by money from housing developers paid to the council as part of planning agreements, as well by sales of social housing under “right to buy” laws.

But the proposals say “work is being undertaken” on a plan to sell assets in coming years to help fund the plans.

The leading group of councillors – the executive committee – is set to vote on the plans on Tuesday, November 14.