new town

new town

A government-sponsored, self-sufficient community that is built in an otherwise undeveloped area. Primarily heard in UK. Now that they've finished construction on the new town, that area is the place to be!
See also: new, town
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be off the ground
  • off the ground
  • ourself
  • scratch for (oneself)
  • every tub must stand on its own bottom
  • married
  • marry above oneself
  • above
  • above (oneself)
  • above yourself
References in periodicals archive
Princess Anne at Washington New Town, July 23, 1974
A royal walkabout in 1974 as Washington New Town turned 10
The two Dolphin Force officials have been arrested, while New Town SHO Raja Musaddiq Hussain and Assistant Sub-Inspector Mohammad Aslam, who was the duty officer on Tuesday night, have been suspended and directed to report to Police Lines headquarters.
Dolphin Force personnel arrested, New Town police officials suspended
The acquisition of New Town Apartments is consistent with Chase's strategy to increase its portfolio to include multifamily properties in highly stable markets.
Chase Properties Acquires Missouri's New Town Apartments
The post Staff to starting moving into new town hall next month appeared first on Cyprus Mail .
Staff to starting moving into new town hall next month
Idox, the leading provider of Planning, Building Control and related services in the UK, today launched the report "Planning the New Towns - In Their Own Words," edited by Morwen Johnson.
Radical Spirit Driving Planners of UK New Towns Programme Revealed
As a result, new families populated the area, bringing with them promise of a bright future for Washington New Town.
Washington in 19 archive images: Pits, railways, Nissan, the Galleries and more; Washington - from ancestral home of the first US President, to New Town and host to a major car manufacturer
Although delivered at the now demolished Preston Hospital in North Shields, she was the first baby born to a family living in the New Town.
Town's first baby sees in half-century
"We did not ask for the jetty to be torn down, we asked for access to the new town and the Works, Municipalities and Urban Planning Affairs Ministry had to act - but it has told us that demolishing the jetty was not an option."
Plan to demolish wharf is denied
New town of Hashtgerd is located 65 kilometers west of Tehran city, and 25 kilometers west of Karaj city.
Evaluation of housing performance of new towns of Iran
Conservationists will meet next week to make a fresh call for the new town to be created at Llandow, easing pressure on other possible development sites in the Vale which are proving controversial with residents.
New Vale town call to tackle shortage
Now a new study from Lloyds TSB has shown housing affordability in Newtown and its fellow Welsh new town Cwmbran, near Newport, is at its best level in five years.
Newer kids on the block still prove to be the cheap option; 'MODERN' TOWNS AMONG THE MOST AFFORDABLE IN THE UK
At least 750 new jobs will be created when Montserrat pushes forward on its development of a new town in Little Bay and upgrading its tourism product, says Governor Adrian Davis, reports Caribbean News Now (Feb.
Planned town
IT STARTED WITH AN EMAIL TO PERRY CADMAN asking the chief operating officer of New Town Builders if he'd consider building a "demonstration" house framed with wood from pine-beetle timber.
A bold new path for New Town Builders
SKELMERSDALE will mark its 50th anniversary of becoming a new town this weekend.
50-YEAR-OLD SKEM LOOKS TO FUTURE; Celebrations as new town reaches milestone
Summary: A total of one billion dinars has been devoted for the launch of the project relating to the new town of Oued Fali, to be built on the southern outskirts of Tizi-Ouzou province (103km east of Algiers), a source from the province's urban planning and construction department disclosed on Wednesday.
$1bn for Oued Fali town project (Tizi-Ouzou)