Looking ahead for potential development area we hear (9)
I believe the answer is:
foresight
'looking ahead' is the definition.
(foresight means looking ahead or predicting)
'potential development area we hear' is the wordplay.
'potential' becomes 'fore' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'development area' becomes 'site' (I've seen this in another clue).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'site' sounds like 'sight'.
'fore'+'sight'='FORESIGHT'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for foresight that I've seen before include "Caution" , "Clairvoyance" , "Prudence" , "Vision" , "Power of prediction" .)