North Lanarkshire Council

North Lanarkshire Council has given permission for a proposed 25 rental flats to be built in Airdrie.

North Lanarkshire Council has opened applications for fuel hardship payments allowing low-income households to apply for a £150 fuel hardship payment. The payment is aimed at residents on a low income but earning too much to be eligible for any other cost of living financial assistance provide

Construction work is underway to build 96 new council homes at Castlehill Road, Gowkthrapple, as part of overall regeneration plans for the area. These new homes form part of North Lanarkshire Council’s ambitious new house building programme which aims to deliver 5,000 new, modern, affordable

North Lanarkshire Council's new Housing Domestic Abuse Policy, developed with the Violence Against Women (VAW) Partnership, and shaped by women with lived experience of domestic abuse, puts victims and survivors at the heart of our service. The council is introducing a specific housing policy focuss

North Lanarkshire Council's housing committee has approved additional sites to be added to its new house building programme that will deliver more homes for its residents, regenerate local communities and boost the area’s local economy. The council is continuing to roll out its new build progr

Twenty-two apprentices from across North Lanarkshire are learning a range of trade skills with the council’s strategic housing and repairs partner Mears Scotland. Jim Logue, leader of North Lanarkshire Council welcomed the young people at a recent visit to the council’s civic centre wher

Tenants came along to take a first look at North Lanarkshire Federation of Tenants and Residents’ (NLF) new premises this week, which were opened by the housing convener, Councillor Heather Brannan-McVey, alongside Jim Leonard, NLF chairperson. The move to the new, improved, office space, loca

A sheriff in Hamilton Sheriff Court has granted decree for recovery of possession to a local authority after it sought to evict a tenant whose son was found with over £38,000 worth of cannabis at the property. North Lanarkshire Council sought the order under section 14 of the Housing (Scotland

North Lanarkshire Council is to consider buying homes from private landlords and allow the tenant to remain in the home as a council tenant to help prevent homelessness and increase the council’s housing stock. Benefits of the local authority’s open market purchase scheme to sellers

More than £35 million in additional benefits was generated for residents by advice services in North Lanarkshire in 2021/22. North Lanarkshire Council's Social Inclusion and Wealth Team, social work and housing services provide local people with advice and support on a wide range of benefits-r

A commitment to help support local people through the cost of living crisis has been declared by the leader of council as a new team of committee conveners was appointed at a North Lanarkshire Council meeting on Thursday 25 August. The pledge by the new administration was underlined by council leade

Councillor Jim Logue has been appointed as leader of North Lanarkshire Council, with Councillor Paul Kelly as depute leader, following a vote at a meeting of the council last week. Councillor Logue, who had previously been leader of the council between 2016 and May this year, fills the vacancy follo

Kier Construction has been appointed by hub South West Scotland, on behalf of North Lanarkshire Council, to deliver the new St Kevin's Community Hub, incorporating St Kevin's Primary School and community facilities. The learning, teaching and community campus will be situated close to its existing l

North Lanarkshire Council is asking the public for their views on a licensing scheme for properties operating as short term lets. The scheme, introduced by the Scottish Government, aims to ensure safety standards for all short term lets and includes a ‘fit and proper’ test to assess whet

Thirty-six new council homes have been completed by North Lanarkshire Council, with 16 new homes opening in Wishaw and 20 at Burnhall Place, Waterloo. These completions drive forward the council's pledge to deliver 5,000 new homes for rent by 2035. To date, the council has completed 954, with constr