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North Lanarkshire Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

North Lanarkshire Council decided more than 950 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 3% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 45 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on North Lanarkshire Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for North Lanarkshire Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from North Lanarkshire Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 950
Share refusedof those approved or refused 3%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 45 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years 20
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits Too few appeals
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 33plan adopted 2022

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.