planning agency

collocation in English

meaningsofplanningandagency

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planning
noun[U]
uk
/ˈplæn.ɪŋ/us
/ˈplæn.ɪŋ/
the act of deciding how to ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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(Definition ofplanningandagencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplanning agency

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No singleplanningagencycould integrate such knowledge.
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I do not think the setting up of an overallplanningagencyis a practicable measure.
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It is primarily not an executive agency for carrying out these things but aplanningagency.
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The answer lies in having aplanningagency.
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There will be a centralplanningagencyand "not invented here" will become the spirit in which it will work.
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That is in paragraph 218, which recommended that powers should be taken to direct ports to undertake schemes which were considered by the centralplanningagencyto be essential.
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The stateplanningagencywas subdivided into its own industrial departments, such as coal, iron, and machine building.
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It was the first large regionalplanningagencyof the federal government and remains the largest.
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Each region has an administrative body known as either a regional council of governments, a regional council of elected officials, or a regionalplanningagency.
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It further required that all applications for the planning and construction of facilities be submitted to an areawideplanningagencyfor review.
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In a centrally planned economy, decisions regarding the quantity of goods and services to be produced are planned in advance by aplanningagency.
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Information regarding these statistics is available from the local municipalplanningagency.
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Finally, all i development planning agencies and collegial bodies would be composed of members of social movement organisations and government delegates.
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This new regulatory law required state or local planning agencies to approve hospitals' proposed acquisition of all expensive technologies, whether new or existing.
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If the area affected by the boundary includes multiple jurisdictions a special urbanplanningagency may be created by the state or regional government to manage the boundary.
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Dickinson proposed a mathematical solution whereby the problems of a socialist economy could be solved by a centralplanningagency.
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He was also a health policy specialist at an urban healthplanningagency, and held university teaching appointments as a professor of health policy and planning.
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Sometimes he created a bit of a stir in certain local authority planning agencies, but that was all to the good because it gave the board a high profile.
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These organizations serve as regional planning agencies and as forums for debating issues of regional importance, but are generally powerless relative to their individual members.
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