Sentence examples for land charges from inspiring English sources

In an alleged scheme to sell off intentionally undervalued government land, charges were dropped.

It resists the redevelopment of individual industrial units, though it has started allowing the conversion of industrial buildings into residential property as long as there is a single developer who can make up the differential in the land charges.

'Land charges' are common in German banking practice and 'mortgages' are only rarely used.

Once installed, he laments, officials can grab land, charge fines, and demand bribes under threat of closing down a business.

"It costs a lot to maintain this type of property, which is why so many owners rent out parts of the villas or the land, charge admission or do whatever they can to make ends meet," said Andrea Somigli, whose company, Precious Villas Exclusive Italian Real Estate, has been marketing Vistarenni for the past 16 months.

Consolidated Edison, which had an electrical substation underneath 7 World Trade Center, and its insurance companies have filed a $314 million lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the land, charging it with improper use and maintenance of the diesel fuel tanks and citing their role in the fire.

But he says he will do so only if he is allowed to increase landing charges.

He added that Gatwick had pledged to cap landing charges, meaning fares would stay lower.

Landing charges are one-third lower than at New York's JFK and Newark airports, but BAA cannot raise its landing charges without regulatory approval from the Civil Aviation authority (CAA).

Ryanair is still committed to cheap fares and secondary airports where landing charges are low or non-existent.

At present, the way Heathrow calculates its landing charges takes into account the profits earned from all the airport's businesses, including retailing.