Definition of greenfield in English:
greenfield
adjective ˈɡriːnfiːldˈɡrēnˌfēld
British Denoting or relating to previously undeveloped sites for commercial development or exploitation.
the company invested in greenfield sites
Example sentencesExamples
- The company plans to build a technical support and customer service centre on a greenfield site in Galway.
- The area we ended up in, if it was in Britain, would be called a greenfield development site.
- Cala Homes yesterday submitted an application for the huge greenfield development at Barton Farm.
- Riskier again are development funds, which purchase greenfield sites in the hope that these will prove suitable for commercial property development.
- Villagers are facing defeat in their fight to block plans for a huge housing development on a greenfield site at Brompton-on-Swale, near Richmond.
- Developers are proposing mini housing estates in leafy suburbia as current policies deter them from greenfield sites.
- Current legislation forbids development of greenfield sites for housing but permits it for schools.
- New planning requirements have blocked or delayed the release of greenfield land.
- He also announced changes in the planning rules to discourage housing development on greenfield sites in areas of low demand.
- He said revised planning policy guidance strengthened Government policy in favour of building on previously developed sites before greenfield sites.
- The main areas for development are on greenfield sites near Stansted Airport and in parts of south Essex.
- The council should put more of its energy into tackling the important issues of house crime and conservation of greenfield sites, rather than making life more difficult for parents.
- Residents are unhappy about the scale of the proposed development and its location on a greenfield site.
- Using council figures, York's Environment Forum has demonstrated that York's housing need can be met without developing greenfield sites.
- A government source pointed out that, as it is a greenfield site ‘the developers have an almost blank canvas on which to design’.
- ‘Abbotstown is a greenfield site and would be much easier to develop,’ said a private sector source.
- It is thought it may recommend tax credits for developers who build on brownfield sites, and possibly development taxes on developers who hold idle greenfield sites.
- Councillors rejected the plan because they said other brownfield sites should be considered before using this large greenfield location.
- The company is also set to begin construction on a greenfield development in Kilkenny.
- He warned that if these issues are not addressed, the shortfall in housing may need to be met by the development of other areas, and that could mean greenfield sites.