The phrase "an application to replace" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a formal request or process aimed at substituting one thing for another, such as a software application or a position.
Example: "We submitted an application to replace the outdated software with a more efficient system."
Alternatives: "a request to substitute" or "a proposal to change".
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has filed an application to replace a single-story 3,000-square-foot beach house in La Jolla, Calif., with a 7,400-square-foot 7,400-square-foot 7,400-square-foote feet of finishomeunderground space, according to public records.
Last fall, the Malibu Planning Commission considered (and ultimately postponed a decision on) an application to replace the house on Malibu Road with "a new 28-foot-tall, two-story, 5,511-square foot single-family residence". The existing house at that location, covering 1,335 square feet, is known as the Hunt House.
Castlereagh Council submitted a planning application to replace it with a new complex.
Castlereagh Council has submitted a planning application to replace Dundonald Ice Bowl with a new complex.
This month they lodged a planning application to replace eight houses in Blackburn, about three miles from their childhood home, with five mansions.
One reason that it will take Google some time to build the iPhone app: it expected the app with Google's maps to remain on the iPhone for some time, based on the contract between the two companies, and was caught off guard when Apple decided to build a new application to replace the old one.
A new MIT Kerberos Ticket Manager application to replace the Network Identity Manager (NIM).
"Last Monday I posted an entry with an idea for a new little Web 2.0 application to replace Tinyurl.
This paradigm requires the application to replace a lost packet if necessary with either a message with the same data or with new data.
That's why Kako-san, a Japanese Apple geek, decided to single-handedly code this iPhone specific mobile phone application to replace a real abacus.
The provisional application is good for up to 12 months, or until you file a formal (or non-provisional) application to replace it.
