The phrase "approves an application" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone or an organization is giving formal consent or acceptance to a request or proposal, typically in administrative or legal settings.
Example: "The committee meets every month to review and approves an application for funding."
Alternatives: "grants an application" or "accepts an application".
If the Agriculture Department approves an application for grading by North Carolina growers, however, muscadines may begin appearing outside the South in a year or two.
Another new bank may also be created if the Financial Services Authority approves an application from Metro Bank, the brainchild of US entrepreneur Vernon Hill and veteran marketing executive Anthony Thomson.
Labour would back the legal challenges expected if the Department for Education approves an application by Weald of Kent grammar school in Tonbridge to build a new site in Sevenoaks, nine miles away, which opponents say amounts to opening a new school.
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, also approved an application from the District of Columbia.
Regulators informally rejected its request to become a bank holding company late last year, even while approving an application for such a conversion by GMAC.
The cases were filed starting in 1997 after the Food and Drug Administration approved an application by Barr Laboratories to sell a generic version of Coumadin.
Yesterday, the City Council Land Use Committee unanimously approved an application by the School Construction Authority to build the 900-seat school on the site, at Grand Avenue and 72nd Place.
Banks, for instance, may request a report from Chex Systems, which provides reports on checking-account closures, before approving an application for a new checking account.
The Price Factor Then in February 2011, the F.D.A. approved an application from KV Pharmaceutical to sell 17P, a decades-old drug used to prevent premature births.
The Detroit City Council approved an application submitted by organizers, including the Penske Corporation, the automotive retail and racing conglomerate, to lease the circuit for undisclosed competitions.
