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development area

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) an area suffering from high unemployment and economic depression, because of the decline of its main industries, that is given government help to establish new industries

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Should such movement occur, it would be outside of the development area, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023

A total of 102 landowners in the development area have agreed to sell their properties for a collective $2.1 billion.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2022

“You’re going to have a development area in a downtown unlike any in America,” he said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022

Crucial, though, were huge grants of public money, provided by the UK because the north-east was classified as a special development area, in need of investment.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2018

“The coastal infrastructure design is expected to include a flood defence embankment protecting the development area to international standards, set back from the shoreline,” it said.

From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2018