New homes could be built on almost 65 acres of land across two Norfolk villages, after council leaders agreed to make the sites available.
The Norfolk County Council-owned land in Acle and Hopton-on-Sea is to be transferred to County Hall's Repton Property Developments company.
The Conservative-controlled council's cabinet agreed at a meeting on Monday (June 2) to transfer 41 acres at Mill Farm in Acle, and 23 acres off the A47 at Hopton-on-Sea, so that homes can be built there.
The land will pass over to Repton Property Developments, which the authority set up to develop sites for homes on council land with the help of private housebuilding companies.
The company has already built homes at St Edmunds Park in Acle and at Bowlers Green at Hopton-on-Sea.
It would need to secure planning permission for the new developments.
Jane James, the council's cabinet member for corporate services and innovation, said Repton Property Developments had helped to get "fantastic properties" built.
The idea is that the council sells off surplus land to the property company, which then works with the housebuilder to construct the homes, but there has been previous criticism over the approach.
The company is named after the 19th century landscape designer Humphrey Repton.
The cabinet meeting where the transfer was agreed also saw councillors agree to dispose of several other properties and land.
That includes what used to be Caister Community Hub, off the High Street in Caister-on-Sea, which closed its doors in February this year.
The council intends to sell the building, which dates back to 1912, along with adjoining land, to a developer, so a residential independent living scheme can be built.
Farmland at Burlingham Green in Lingwood and about 1.7 acres of land at Hockham - acquired for a highways project but never used - are also to be sold off by the council, which needs to make £41.5m of cuts and savings next year.
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