The phrase 'allow the development' is correct and usable in written English.
It could be used in a sentence such as: "The new policy will allow the development of improved infrastructure."
That would allow the development of new tape coatings that could hold more data.
How far should we allow the development of autonomous unmanned systems?
Simple design rules allow the development of a design to achieve the targets.
The mechanisms proposed would allow the development of a strain hardening route in ceramics.
This, potentially, would allow the development of drugs to bind to the protein.
Hence the government's decision to allow the development of what it calls "social organisations".
Advances in PC programming systems allow the development of highly interactive engineering design software.
Such information will allow the development of new non-mutagenic azo dyes.
This will allow the development of design situations for implementing safe work situations.
Recent progress made in antibody engineering now allow the development of humanized, or human antibodies.
The growing expansion and complexity of the systems allow the development of increasingly specialized applications.
