Sentence examples for town scheme from inspiring English sources

Last December, Bedminster was awarded £100,000 under the government-backed Portas Town scheme.

During the 1990s, the authorities started a process to "normalize" Longyearbyen by abolishing the company town scheme and introducing a full range of services, a varied economy and local democracy.

More to today's taste, among the monolithic town schemes, is Zaha Hadid's hedonistic vision of a million-member leisure club on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong.

A developer behind a £200m retail scheme in York has said its plans have been "severely compromised" by a rival out-of-town scheme.

But shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said: "No amount of cynical spin from David Cameron will make up for the fact that, immediately on taking office, he axed Cycle England, the Cycle Demonstration Towns scheme and the annual £60m budget to support cycling that he inherited.

The Bedouin towns' outline schemes facilitate the integration of different land-uses within the urban structure.

Ms Portas said last week that she was considering writing to David Cameron to raise opposition to the expectation that the National Planning Policy Framework could recommend relaxing the "town centre first policy", which means developers can build out-of-town schemes only if no town centre options are available.

Of the other three English eco-town schemes proposed in 2009, only one has started construction work, at Bicester in Oxfordshire.

Under cover of excavation, massive infrastructure work is done in Wadi Helweh in preparation for the construction of a 115,000 sq m commercial centre, without a town plan scheme and without permits.

He said the recommendation in favour of the town centre scheme relied on the "spurious" suggestion it would claw back trade currently going to Barrow about 10 miles away.

Wigan Council take part in the town twining scheme, and in 1988 twinned with Angers in France.