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North Lanarkshire
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609 approved · 17 refused · 14 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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- Pending Consideration26/00557/FUL
Renovation and extension to St Andew's Church Forrest Memorial Hall
St Andrews Church Manse East Main Street Harthill North Lanarkshire ML7 5QW
Received 15 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00561/S42
Section 42 Application To Vary Condition 1 (approved drawings) of 22/00378/FUL for Erection of restaurant with drive through (Class 3), petrol filling station (Sui Generis) with ancillary shop (Class 1), electric vehicle charging points, car wash, HGV wash, internal roads, landscaping and drainage (with full-site Suds)
Land South Of Junction Of Lancaster Avenue And Bellside Road Chapelhall
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided - Permitted Development26/00562/CLP
Conversion of double garage to personal home gym with access to garden
13 Miller Place Newarthill Motherwell ML1 5WL
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00563/FUL
Garage Conversion to form Habitable Room
11 Morris Crescent Chapelknowe Cleland ML1 5NH
Received 18 May 2026 - Comments26/00565/PRN
Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus - (1.9m high)
Land At 14 Loanhead Crescent Newarthill Motherwell North Lanarkshire
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00567/LBC
Alterations to roof
Cardinal Newman High School Main Street Bellshill ML4 3DW
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided - Permitted Development26/00568/CLP
Garage Conversion
3 Logan Way Shotts North Lanarkshire ML7 5FN
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00569/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
2 Stuartville Kildonan Street Coatbridge ML5 3LQ
Received 18 May 2026 - Comments26/00570/PRN
Install Fixed Line Broadband Electonic Communications Apparatus - 1 x 8m Light Wooden Pole
Land At 14 Mcpherson Street Mossend Bellshill North Lanarkshire
Received 11 May 2026 - Comments26/00571/PRN
Install Fixed Line Broadband Electonic Communications Apparatus - 1 x 8m Light Wooden Pole
Land At 23 Mcpherson Street Mossend Bellshill North Lanarkshire
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00572/FUL
Extension to the front and layout changes
1 Locksley Avenue Greenfaulds Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G67 4EN
Received 19 May 2026 - Application Withdrawn26/00573/FUL
Change of use from Class 4 office premises to Class 1A private dental clinic including associated consultation and treatment rooms.
Coltness House Lark Way Strathclyde Business Park Bellshill North Lanarkshire ML4 3RB
Received 19 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00574/FUL
Demolition of Motherwell concert hall and theatre to form car park including associated landscaping works and external alterations
Motherwell Concert Hall And Theatre Windmillhill Street Motherwell ML1 1AB
Received 19 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00575/LBC
Demolition of Motherwell concert hall and theatre to form car park including associated landscaping works and external alterations
Motherwell Concert Hall And Theatre Windmillhill Street Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 1AB
Received 19 May 2026 - Comments26/00589/PRN
Proposed Base Station Upgrade
Land At St Mungo's Road Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire
Received 11 May 2026 - Application Withdrawn26/00590/FUL
Change of Use from Parking Area to Temporary Siting of a Mobile Snack Van
56 Abercrombie Crescent Bargeddie North Lanarkshire G69 7SP
Received 20 May 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00591/FUL
Alterations to roof to form pitched roof over flats
Site At Dundyvan Road Dundyvan Coatbridge North Lanarkshire
Received 20 May 2026 - Decided - Permitted26/00592/FUL
Alterations to roof to form pitched roof over flats
Site At Maxwell Place Coatbridge North Lanarkshire
Received 20 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00593/FUL
Change of Use of an Open Land/Yard Area to Private Commercial Staff Vehicle Parking for a Business at 121 Netherton Street.
204 Alexander Street Wishaw North Lanarkshire ML2 0HQ
Received 20 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00595/EIASCR
Data Centre Campus Including Grid Connection
Land At North Lanrigg Carlisle Road Cleland North Lanarkshire ML1 5LT
Received 11 May 2026 - Comments26/00599/PRN
Upgrade to Existing Telecommunications Installation - removal of existing 25m high dynamic concepts DC170 tower replaced with proposed EE/H3G 25m high column a monopole to be installed on existing concrete base, including installation of 2no. dishes, 6no antennas, 1no GPS node and all upgrade equipment thereto
Site At Main Street Bellshill North Lanarkshire
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided - Refused26/00602/FUL
Formation of a smallholding with a residential lodge.
Land At Meadowfield Road Longriggend North Lanarkshire
Received 21 May 2026 - Application Withdrawn26/00603/TPO
Removal of Ash tree closest to Property in rear garden
4 Mcphail Avenue Newarthill Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 5TS
Received 21 May 2026 - Comments26/00605/PRN
Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus
23 Greenfaulds Crescent Carbrain Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G67 2PJ
Received 21 May 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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