The phrase "approve the development" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is giving formal consent or agreement to proceed with a project or initiative related to development.
Example: "The board will meet next week to approve the development of the new software application."
Alternatives: "authorize the development" or "endorse the development".
This month, the city council in Dyersville, Iowa, voted, 3-1, to approve the development, called All Star Ballpark Heaven.
In December 2012, Pickles said he was "minded to" approve the development a few months after the appointment of Nick Boles, a keen supporter of development, as planning minister.
The book is not among his best, but it is notable for introducing the concept of nuclear war to millions of readers, including the first leader to approve the development of such weapons, Winston Churchill.
"We are greatly pleased with today's decision by the Detroit City Council to approve the development agreement allowing us to contribute to creating more liveable Detroit neighborhoods," John Hantz, President and CEO of the Hantz Group said in a statement sent to The Huffington Post.
Towns with fewer than 10percentt of their housing stock deemed affordable under complex state guidelines can be forced by the courts to approve the developments, even after the applications are denied by local zoning boards and town councils.
In 2001, the State Legislature approved the development of three tribal casinos in the Catskills and three near Niagara Falls.
The City Council unanimously approved the development in Corinth, where a Chicken Express and an AutoZone abut a highway along the south side of town.
Earlier this month, Madison was joined by its neighbors, Chatham Borough and Chatham Township, in filing a lawsuit to overturn the Florham Park ordinance that approved the development plan.
The group, through the Environmental Defenders Office NSW, argued the Planning Assessment Commission which approved the development application for the mine did not follow proper legal process to assess the impact on the local koala population.
And a lawyer for the Nassau Planning Commission, Albert A. D'Agostino of Valley Stream, said that the commission, in approving the development, relied on an environmental assessment that said the southern part of the site would be changed from active commercial to residential.
