Sentence examples for threat of development from inspiring English sources

In some cases, this has raised the threat of development, as land was sold to the highest bidders.

In some cases, the group said, key properties were "under imminent threat of development, with bulldozers literally weeks or months away from destroying them forever".

I was delighted to see that the natural heritage of this vitally important area is still being safeguarded, despite the constant threat of development.

Around the country, common spaces on the edges of cities – Freeman's Wood in Lancaster is another long-cherished example – are coming under threat of development.

In Waterford, an unincorporated historic community of stone homes founded in 1833 by Quakers, the nonprofit Waterford Foundation met the threat of development head on.

Critics, however, said the threat of development was a bargaining strategy designed to get top dollar from state and Federal Governments.

Mr. Welch and many others have banded together to preserve their way of life from the dual threats of development and the ambitions of fellow Rockland citizens.

He cites the two council members suing the police union over alleged extortion, the municipal employees union suing the city over a failed pink slip attempt, the staffing problems at the Police Department and the threats of development at Fairview Park and Banning Ranch.

Opposition to new development has not subsided; Nimbyism may become more entrenched at the threat of new development in locations within an easy commute of job opportunities.

The National Trust is saying the reforms will lead to "unchecked and damaging development" spoiling the countryside, backed by the Telegraph's campaigns against "the threat of uncontrolled development".

Others, however, say the threat of new development along Fifth Avenue is exaggerated.