HQ never ordered recent development (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
nerve centre
'hq' is the definition.
(nerve centre can mean a base of operations or HQ)
'never ordered recent development' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'development' is an anagram indicator.
'never' is an anagram of 'nerve'.
'recent' with letters rearranged gives 'centre'.
'nerve'+'centre'='NERVE-CENTRE'
(Other definitions for nerve centre that I've seen before include "heart of operations" , "Control hub (of operation)" , "operations are controlled from here" , "Operational hub" , "Place running organisation" .)