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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609 approved · 17 refused · 14 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East Of 200 Glencleland Road Craigneuk Wishaw North Lanarkshire
Received 21 May 202630 Hillview Crescent Shirrel Bellshill North Lanarkshire ML4 1NX
Received 21 May 2026Colzium House Colzium Lodge Access Road Kilsyth G65 0PY
Received 21 May 202612 Innellan Crescent Dykehead Shotts North Lanarkshire ML7 4DB
Received 21 May 2026100 Peathill Avenue Chryston North Lanarkshire G69 9NY
Received 21 May 2026508 Main Street Bellshill North Lanarkshire ML4 1DL
Received 22 May 2026Strathclyde Country Park Hamilton Road Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 3RB
Received 22 May 2026123 Cairnhill Road Cairnhill Airdrie North Lanarkshire ML6 9HP
Received 22 May 202623 Limewood Place Bargeddie North Lanarkshire G69 7SZ
Received 22 May 202613 Thorniewood Gardens Tannochside Uddingston North Lanarkshire G71 6NQ
Received 22 May 2026Padre Pio Lodge 117 Condorrat Road Glenmavis North Lanarkshire ML6 0PP
Received 25 May 202658 Coltswood Road Greenhill Coatbridge North Lanarkshire ML5 2AA
Received 25 May 202678 Westwood Road Newmains North Lanarkshire ML2 9NP
Received 13 May 202613 Addiewell Place Rosehall Coatbridge North Lanarkshire ML5 4DS
Received 13 May 202610 First Avenue Auchinloch North Lanarkshire G66 5DS
Received 13 May 202613 Frankfield Road Cardowan Stepps North Lanarkshire G33 6AD
Received 15 May 2026Site At Stane Road Stane Shotts North Lanarkshire
Received 27 May 20263 Moray Gardens Westerwood Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G68 0HY
Received 27 May 2026Land At Neilson Hall Main Street Bellshill North Lanarkshire
Received 14 May 202613 Graham Place Kilsyth North Lanarkshire G65 9NZ
Received 15 May 2026Land To The East Of Medrox Quarry Mollinsburn Road Annathill North Lanarkshire
Received 28 May 20262 North Road Condorrat Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G68 9AE
Received 28 May 202614 Rosebank Place Dullatur Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G68 0FH
Received 29 May 20269 Forest Drive Milnwood Bellshill North Lanarkshire ML4 2PT
Received 29 May 2026Records 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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