European region left with a scheme outdated ultimately (7)
I believe the answer is:
lapland
'european region' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'left with a scheme outdated ultimately' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'scheme' becomes 'plan' (synonyms).
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'outdated' is 'd'.
'l'+'a'+'plan'+'d'='LAPLAND'
(Other definitions for lapland that I've seen before include "Santa's home" , "Region of N. Europe" , "Father Christmas's home?" , "part of Europe" , "Arctic region" .)