Norwich City Council is planning to sell a sliver of vacant land near the centre which was previously earmarked for housing.
Officials at the authority are recommending it sell off the derelict site at 10-14 Ber Street, opposite John Lewis.
In a report to the council's cabinet, they say it is not worth the council developing the land itself and that given the state of the housing market it should not try to sell it to an affordable housing provider.
The Green cabinet will meet on Wednesday to decide what to do with the land.
The council’s arms-length housing firm Lion Homes – which was founded as Norwich Regeneration Company in 2015 – had plans approved to build nine properties on the site in 2023.
But the company was placed into voluntary liquidation by the previous Labour administration at City Hall after it lost £5 million in five years.
The land has been vacant since at least 2012, when it was previously occupied by the Pot Company.
