Housebuilder Countryside Properties is extending its reach into the east Midlands with a new dedicated office for the region and targeting annual revenues of around £175m.

The new team is aiming to get a dozen projects underway over the next 12 months.

Countryside said it was actively seeking greenfield urban extension and brownfield regeneration sites in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.