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Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates950Searchable applications
186Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 626 approved or refused records
17Refused applications
609 approved · 17 refused · 14 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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More application records
- Decided - Permitted26/00134/FUL
Single Dwellinghouse with Integral Garage
59 North And South Road Bellside Cleland North Lanarkshire ML1 5LB
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted Development26/00135/CLP
Conversion of Conservatory to Sun Room and Conversion of Garage to form Habitable Room
13 Tinto Grove Bargeddie North Lanarkshire G69 7TJ
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00137/FUL
Refurbishment and Extension to care home to provide 20 new bedrooms (increase in residents from 28 to 44)
Centenary House Nursing Home 128 Dundyvan Road Dundyvan Coatbridge North Lanarkshire ML5 1DE
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00138/FUL
Change of Use of Open Space to Garden Ground (In retrospect)
136 Medlar Road Abronhill Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G67 3AW
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted Development26/00139/CLP
Garage conversion to form room. Erection of outbuilding
22 Hazel Grove Moodiesburn North Lanarkshire G69 0BZ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted Development26/00142/CLP
Single storey rear extension
41 Ardbeg Road Carfin Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 4FE
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00143/FUL
Change of use from office (former flat) back to flatted property
52 Stewarton Street Wishaw North Lanarkshire ML2 8AN
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00153/FUL
Demolition of existing dwelling, construction of 8 dwellings with detached garages, access road and SUDS provision
Site To West Of Glenburn Court Off Greengairs Road Wattson Greengairs
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted Development26/00155/CLP
Use of garden room for acupuncture as per supporting statement
3 Priory Place Blackwood Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G68 9NR
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Comments26/00156/PRN
The proposed upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station comprising the removal 6 no existing antennas to be replaced by 6 no new antennas, together with internal upgrades to the existing equipment cabinet and ancillary development thereto.
Land At Faskin Estate Low Palacecraig Sykeside Road Airdrie North Lanarkshire ML6 9RQ
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Comments26/00157/PRN
Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus (2 Telegraph poles)
Land At 19A Clouden Road Kildrum Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G67 2HP
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Comments26/00158/PRN
Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus (11m telegraph pole)
81 Kingston Road Kilsyth North Lanarkshire G65 0JG
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Comments26/00159/PRN
The proposed upgrade consists of removing 1no. existing 20m streetpole supporting 3no. antennas to be replaced with 1no. new 20m streetpole supporting 9no. antennas, the installation of 1no. new equipment cabinet, 1no. meter cabinet to be removed, internal cabinet works, and ancillary works thereto.
Viewfield Park Viewfield Road Kirkwood Coatbridge North Lanarkshire ML5 5QS
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted Development26/00160/CLP
Single Storey Rear Extension
2 Gateside Road Stepps North Lanarkshire G33 6QB
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00161/FUL
Front Boundary Fence (In Retrospect)
67 North Lodge Avenue Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 2SB
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00162/S42
Section 42 application to vary planning permission 25/00289/FUL Temporary Modular Classroom Accommodation and Replacement Parking & Drop Off Facilities - Changes to Condition 2 (Expiry Date) and Condition 3 (Site Restoration Date)
Glenboig Primary School South Medrox Street Marnoch Glenboig North Lanarkshire ML5 2RU
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Comments26/00164/EIASCR
EIA Screening Opinion - Planning Application - 25/00399/PREINV - Erection of 26 Residential Units Comprising Dwelling Houses and Flats, Together with Associated Drainage and Roads Network Infrastructure
Land At Dalzell Drive Motherwell North Lanarkshire
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00165/AMD
Discharge of Planning Obligations which restrict occupancy of dwellinghouse P92338 and P93189
Luckinhill Farm Hulks Road Greengairs North Lanarkshire ML6 7TJ
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00168/FUL
Replacement Single Storey Rear Extension
45 Neilsland Drive Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 3EB
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Comments26/00170/PRN
Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus - 2 telegraph poles.
Dunalastair Drive Millerston Stepps North Lanarkshire
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted Development26/00175/CLP
New Internal Alterations at First Floor to Create 3no. Bedrooms & Bathroom. The Alterations will Involve Changing the Existing Window Configuration to Suit New Bathroom & Bedroom 3 Arrangement.
94 Montalto Avenue Cleekhimin Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 4AZ
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00177/FUL
Installation of an ISO Container Welfare Unit in Industrial Yard
100 Burnbank Street Greenhill Coatbridge North Lanarkshire ML5 2AY
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00178/FUL
Erection of Steel Frame Agricultural Building on Concrete Base for Storage & Maintenance
Burnbank Cottage Gavell Road Queenzieburn North Lanarkshire G65 9NG
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided - Prior Approval Given26/00179/PRN
Permitted Development Works for Re-decking Road Bridge Over Railway Line
Site At Sunnyside Road Coatbridge North Lanarkshire
Received 13 Feb 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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