The phrase "alternative plan instead of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when suggesting a different course of action or strategy in place of another option.
Example: "We should consider an alternative plan instead of the one currently proposed, as it may yield better results."
Alternatives: "substitute plan for" or "replacement plan in place of".
In Detroit, people map out alternative plans instead, enlisting a relative or a friend.
Two problems complicate a proposed alternative plan to sell the ships instead to Nato, or a friendly government.
Alternative tools, instead of the program, were also suggested.
[C7.] Icahn Willing to Aid T.W.A. Effort The investor Carl C. Icahn is willing to help finance an alternative plan that would enable Trans World Airlines to remain independent instead of being taken over, according to court papers.
The investor Carl C. Icahn is willing to help finance an alternative plan that would enable Trans World Airlines to remain independent instead of being taken over, according to court papers filed late Tuesday.
Instead, the students want the implementation of an alternative plan, the Newark Promise plan, which emphasizes local control of the state-run district and facility upgrades.
After progress over the weekend toward agreement on a broad package of measures to address the federal deficit, Obama on Wednesday blasted Boehner's decision to temporarily halt negotiations and instead push the alternative plan.
These data will reveal what factors most strongly predict when an individual decides to use alternative medicine instead of conventional medicine and may help guide outreach approaches to optimize an individual's health care plans.
The Baucus plan instead proposes a fake alternative, nonprofit insurance cooperatives — and it places so many restrictions on these cooperatives that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, they "seem unlikely to establish a significant market presence in many areas of the country".
Subsequently, the district devised an alternative plan, still aimed at diversity, but based instead on the average socio-economic status and educational attainment level of the parents in different geographic regions.
