WORCESTER-based property consultants Harris Lamb has announced plans to grow its residential arm during 2018 and deliver more sites to market, meeting the growing demand for housing.

The St Mary's Street-based award winning agency has specialised in commercial property for more than 25 years and following a number of land sales to developers, it launched a residential arm two years ago that it intends to invest in and develop over the next 12 months.

Neil Harris, Harris Lamb director, said: “The business has developed a range of successful departments and our decision to focus on residential land in particular is one that we think is well timed given the improvement in the marketplace. This is a critical time for identifying suitable sites and marketing them to the right parties.

"Having dealt with residential land sales for many years before formally establishing the residential department, we’re now looking to further invest in the team and expand its offering. There are very positive shifts in the sector and we are keen to capitalise on them.”

He added the business’ property management team was also taking on a significant amount of work on ‘non-operational’ properties.