planning board
1
3.8
- noun
- /ˈplænɪŋ bɔrd/
- Formal
:
junta de planificación
- Most communities have some type of planning board that addresses planning and development needs of the community.
- a local planning board
- a town planning board
Examples
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The court held that the planning board's approval was arbitrary and capricious and vacated the approval.
Academic text (2001) -
The process includes a public hearing, review by the county planning board, and approval from county commissioners.
Blog text (22) -
You have to go before the planning board.
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"Okay, the planning board meeting is a good one for you to start with."
Fiction book (2002) -
Town planning board members' trust of public opinion is very important.
Academic text (2009) -
The town planning board trusts that the developers will comply with the planning conditions.
Academic text (2009) -
The planning board recommends to the city which land should be bought for new housing, hospitals, slum-clearance projects.
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Because the planning board is selected in staggered terms that last seven years, it is somewhat insulated from public opinion.
Academic text (2010) -
The issue of sprawl came to a head when New Scotland's planning board entertained a proposal from developers to build a 750,000 square-foot retail shopping center anchored by a big-box store.
Academic text (2010) -
The town's planning board held a meeting to discuss new development projects in the area.
Synonyms
∞
3.2
A group of people chosen to manage an organization
5
3.9
A group of people who make plans and decisions about how a town or city grows
4
3.5
A group of people who direct and make important decisions for an organization
3
6.1
A local group that decides what people can build and do on land
1
6.0
A local board that decides how land in a city can be used
How Powerful
- Formal
- Formal
5
3.9
- Formal
1
3.8
16
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'planning' (the act of making arrangements) + 'board' (a committee): together they denote a committee responsible for planning. This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern of modifier + institution and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun planning board is a simple name for a group that makes plans: planning means making plans and board means a group of people who meet to give advice or 'decide'. So a planning board is the local group that checks and approves plans for land and buildings.