development area

British

noun

(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

More than 100 landowners in the development area have agreed to sell their properties for a collective $2.1 billion.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2022

“New Carrollton, as a transit-oriented development area, has been envisioned as something that is walkable and bikeable, that is multimodal,” Rodgers said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 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

Villedrouin said the decree was being revised to include a registry only of land inside the development area.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2014

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