COUNTY council bosses are aiming to rake in £19 million by selling off more council property - saying the bonfire of assets will run into 2020.

Worcestershire County Council, which has already clawed £26 million back by disposing of unwanted sites, has revealed fresh targets running to the end of the decade.

The council still owns 475 different pieces of land across Worcestershire classed as 'estate', from small offices to retail units, unused land, school buildings and smallholdings.

Despite already ruling out flogging any of its 110 smallholdings, which totals 3,300 acres mainly rented by farmers, it wants to press on with releasing the other parcels of land to investors.

The fresh target of getting in £19 million by 2020 forms part of a deal with the police, fire service and district councils in Redditch and Bromsgrove, as well as Worcester, known as the 'place partnership'.

The latest figures were debated during a meeting of the corporate and communities overview and scrutiny panel at County Hall, where councillors urged the pace of change to continue.

Conservative Councillor Pam Davey said: "What about the things we aren't doing - what we've got in front of us now can't be the end of the story.

"I know there are things out there which we are not doing, it would be nice to see what the full potential and the vision is.

"There's an opportunity out there and it would be nice to see more partners (from the public sector) come on board.

"It's also got to be about more than just money, it's about looking at whether we've got the assets to give others an opportunity."

The panel was given a presentation that said County Hall would be used for more "income generation".

After swathes of job cuts and the commissioning out of several functions, more and more sections have become free inside the main HQ.

The likes of HMRC and DEFRA rent space on the site, with the council now getting around £1 million a year into the coffers by letting sections out and it is keen to find more occupants.

Since 2011 more than 100 pieces of council property have been sold ranging from large-scale office blocks to old community halls, day centres, libraries, commercial units, workshops, school sites and more.

The council also gets around £2.9 million a year now by renting sites it owns to other organisations.