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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
609 approved · 17 refused · 14 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2024 to 23 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
560 Stirling Road Airdrie North Lanarkshire ML6 7SS
Received 4 Dec 202519 Bellside Road Bellside Cleland North Lanarkshire ML1 5NP
Received 5 Dec 202542 Cambusnethan Street Cambusnethan Wishaw North Lanarkshire ML2 8NN
Received 8 Dec 202528 Old Gartloch Road Gartcosh North Lanarkshire G69 8EU
Received 8 Dec 202531 Hozier Crescent Birkenshaw Uddingston North Lanarkshire G71 5QW
Received 8 Dec 2025DataVita Data Centre York Road Chapelhall North Lanarkshire ML6 8HW
Received 9 Dec 20255 Fir Grove Viewpark Uddingston North Lanarkshire G71 5JN
Received 9 Dec 20252 Greenpark Court Coatbridge North Lanarkshire ML5 1EP
Received 10 Dec 202522 Hillfoot Avenue Coltness Wishaw North Lanarkshire ML2 8TN
Received 11 Dec 202552 Cathkin Crescent Carrickstone Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G68 0FB
Received 11 Dec 202551 Wilson Street Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 1NP
Received 12 Dec 2025St Barbara's Primary School Elmira Road Muirhead North Lanarkshire G69 9EJ
Received 15 Dec 20258 Mailings Road Banton North Lanarkshire G65 0QP
Received 15 Dec 20253 Albert Place Airdrie North Lanarkshire ML6 6DT
Received 15 Dec 2025Riggend Farm Stirling Road Airdrie North Lanarkshire ML6 7SS
Received 15 Dec 202526 Drumpellier Avenue Condorrat Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G67 4NR
Received 15 Dec 2025332 Hamilton Road Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 3DT
Received 16 Dec 2025Whifflet Centre Easton Place Whifflet Coatbridge North Lanarkshire ML5 4EW
Received 17 Dec 202546 Carlisle Road Airdrie North Lanarkshire ML6 8AA
Received 17 Dec 2025Elwyn Cottage Cobbleton Road New Stevenston Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 4UJ
Received 17 Dec 2025Site At Watson Street Motherwell North Lanarkshire
Received 18 Dec 202516 Lochearnhead Road Millerston Stepps North Lanarkshire G33 6LH
Received 18 Dec 202532 Fourth Street Birkenshaw Uddingston North Lanarkshire G71 6AU
Received 18 Dec 2025Land At Lancaster Avenue Chapelhall North Lanarkshire
Received 17 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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