North Lanarkshire

A construction firm is appealing the refusal of a second planning application to transform a derelict site in North Lanarkshire into affordable homes.

Lidl GB has started the construction of its second new supermarket in North Lanarkshire following permission being granted by planning officers. The new store, on Carlisle Road in Airdrie, is the second of two new Lidl stores in the region with the first, in Bellshill, opening earlier this month.

Further contacts for new build council houses that will deliver more affordable homes for rent, new jobs and local investment have been approved by North Lanarkshire Council.

Regeneration plans for Gowkthrapple took another step forward as a masterplan outlining significant re-development of the area was approved in principle by North Lanarkshire Council for delivering new housing, landscaped open space and green corridors.

Thousands of council tenants are set to benefit from a multi-million-pound investment in North Lanarkshire Council’s housing stock.

Through its work with North Lanarkshire Council, Mears Group is focussing on the progression of its local workforce as it supports its apprentices to continue their careers. Mears said it is committed to supporting the development of skills across the local workforce and in 2021 hired 23 new apprent

NHS Lanarkshire’s vision for a replacement University Hospital Monklands has reached another milestone with the start of the process to seek planning permission.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured an Approval of Matters specified in Conditions (AMC) from North Lanarkshire Council for the provision of 188 private new homes through the development of land off Carnbroe Road, Coatbridge.

An action plan to support economic growth in the year ahead has been approved by North Lanarkshire Council's Enterprise and Growth Committee. The Economic Regeneration Delivery Action Plan for 2022/23 sets out the work to be carried out to improve housing, town centres, business space, connectivity

Knight Property Group has appointed Fife-based Muir Construction as the main contractor on the first two phases of its speculative development at Belgrave Logistics Park in Bellshill.

School pupils have taken part in a turf cutting ceremony as work gets under way on a new community hub in Coatbridge.

A total of 36 families have set up new homes in North Lanarkshire thanks to affordable housing developed by Link Group.

Coltart Earley Architecture has submitted plans to North Lanarkshire Council to renovate and convert a former YMCA building on Brandon Street, Motherwell, as part of a larger residential development.

Work has started at Muir Street in Motherwell to create a new transport hub at the railway station.

A café franchise business has opened Cumbernauld’s first-ever Costa Coffee drive-thru, creating 25 new jobs, thanks to £850,000 funding from HSBC UK. Coffeepots Limited, which officially opens the doors to a new Costa Coffee café in Cumbernauld’s town centre on 1st Fe