For years, the regional government has been planning redevelopment of the area, in an apparent effort to emulate the likes of Shanghai, which China transformed into a skyscraper metropolis during the economic boom of the 1990s.
Mr Johnston reckons that the heart of the problem is the lack of a regional mechanism to pull together the work of the various planning agencies in the area's four counties.
He noted that, this was only possible due to the earlier approval of planning regulations for the area within boundary of the Boulevard ring.
"No sovereign state allows another state to dictate to it, and no sovereign state allows an organisation to dictate to it, " said David Polovin, head of planning for the area ratepayers' association.
About the only place that one can safely mention that planning is being done for asset protection reasons in in the area of exemption planning, since exemptions by their very nature are meant to defeat the rights of creditors.
The use of commuter sentiment analysis tools has the potential to help cities and local transportation authorities define their priorities, planning and investments in the area of transportation by indicating accurately areas or routes that are particular points of frustration for commuters.
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The first area, planning for the expansion of power generating capacity, is beyond the scope of this piece but the second and third is not.
Recently the company pulled out of the planning stages to put a casino in the Philadelphia area, and has also said it has no interest in owning an Atlantic City casino.
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The 4, 000 residents eligible to vote in the first local planning referendum live in the most sparsely populated area of England.
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In addition, the Whitmans are the process of planning an expansion of the Bal Harbour Shops, which has epitomized luxury shopping in the Miami area since its opening in 1965.
It ignores both the capacity of a given area to accommodate population sustainably and the very great success of the planning system in ensuring that people wish to live in all parts of the country.
The plans for 140 rooms above the car park were refused at the council's west area planning committee on 15 August, on the grounds the loss of car parking facilities during the build would harm trade in the area.
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At a meeting of the North Area Planning Committee, those opposed to Sainsbury's building its store on the site insisted the application "should be considered on its own merit" and "could not be about football".
For the moment there is no indication how long the ruling will remain in place, but with rain forecast until the start of next week, anyone planning a beach holiday to the Biarritz area should look elsewhere.
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Stimulate strategic thinking in the area of education planning and management taking into account state of the art knowledge, needs of the Governments, as well as initiatives and services provided by international development agencies.
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Google began rolling out the service in the Kansas City metro area last fall, following years of planning, and is already cited as the fastest ISP in the United States by Netflix.
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There certainly are ways to maximize your chances of college financial aid (without gaming the system), and some of them seem like secrets because so few people truly understand financial aid, or the broader area of college planning.
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He is also author of the new content area on college planning for myStockOptions.com.
"The council felt that these plans would produce local jobs and would most definitely be an improvement to the derelict buildings in the area, " said Steve Osborne, chairman of the district council's planning committee.
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Ted Weinstein, HPD's director of Bronx planning, said economic diversity is vital for the area.
Planning for bank failures is the area where the interests of national regulators collide most forcefully with hopes of international co-ordination.
Subject to planning consent, the consortium plans to install hundreds of turbines in the Inner Sound area.
Debra Davis, a director of City TV Broadcasting, which is planning launch next year in the Birmingham area, says it will be different this time because changes in technology will allow channels like hers to produce higher quality programmes and avoid the "amateurish" look and feel of earlier community channels.
Planning laws now allow the reuse of redundant or disused buildings if the development enhances the area.
Further, business leaders report their companies allocate an average of 25 percent of their IT budgets to manage some aspect of this trend and nearly four out of five executives are planning to make new IT investments in this area in the next year.
By mobilising local opinion, some parts of the country have tried to use planning laws to prevent asylum seekers being dispersed to their area.
There are a number of factors that must be considered during emergency planning, such as the projected impact of each type of emergency on the infrastructure of the impacted area, the safety of people and property and the coordination of emergency personnel.
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The council had earlier lodged a "holding objection" to the proposals, but planning chiefs pointed out that only a small part of the line would come into the authority's area, having a minor effect.
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Future planning permission would include conditions relating to landscaping which would "enhance the local character and distinctiveness" of the area, the council said.
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