North Lanarkshire Council

North Lanarkshire Council’s Tenant Participation Team has hailed its achievements after the service reached one year old last week. Highlights of the last 12 months include hosting the first ever ‘Housing Matters’ events.

An ambitious five-year investment plan worth £253 million is set to deliver significant improvements to council homes across North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire Council said the investment will benefit tenants by cutting energy costs and making their homes more comfortable to live in.

Revised plans for a crucial part of a massive regeneration of Ravenscraig have been approved by the Glasgow City Region councils. North Lanarkshire Council said the Ravenscraig Infrastructure Access (RIA) project will generate more than 6,500 jobs and around £360 million per year for the local

North Lanarkshire Council has confirmed the appointment of regeneration specialist ENGIE for an extensive refurbishment programme on four sixteen-storey housing blocks in Coatbridge, worth a collective £18.5 million. Significant renovation work will be taking place at Blairgrove and Merryston

Trust Housing Association has partnered with national walking charity Living Streets Scotland and North Lanarkshire Council to open a new path, gate and lighting at its Airdrie development. The improvements were made after tenants said they found it impossible to make every day journeys on foot.

Cumbernauld’s last two tower blocks are being reduced to rubble, making space for more than 130 new homes. The demolition of Stuart House and Elliot House in Burns Road by high-reach excavator marks the end of more than 50 years of high-rise living in the town.

More tenants than ever are satisfied with the housing services delivered by North Lanarkshire Council. Latest figures from the council’s tenant satisfaction survey show positive results in all areas, including, satisfaction with being kept informed; satisfaction with opportunities for particip

A new chapter has started for Coatbridge’s historic Carnegie Library after a £2.5 million transformation into 12 social housing flats. The project to bring the former derelict building back into use again was driven by Clyde Valley Housing Association and was officially unveiled by The P

North Lanarkshire Council has unveiled plans to progress redevelopment proposals for two prominent sites in Monklands. An area of Bank Street in Coatbridge and the former Orrs building in Airdrie have, for a number of years, been identified as areas requiring redevelopment.

North Lanarkshire Council has announced plans to overhaul how it allocates sheltered housing to older people. From April, the council will be contacted over 1,000 older people currently on the waiting list for sheltered accommodation to arrange an assessment and gauge their support requirements.

North Lanarkshire Council has launched a consultation on the region's proposed Local Development Plan. The plan includes profiles for each area of North Lanarkshire with information on each, the proposed sites for development and any regeneration sites or transport projects.

Horizon Housing Association will continue to provide North Lanarkshire Council’s care and repair service until March 2020, it was announced this week. The service provides practical help to residents in the region (who are of pensionable age or are disabled) with small repairs and tasks around

Another milestone in North Lanarkshire Council’s house building project has been marked as the 600th tenant to move in to one of its homes. John and Pauline MacFarlane and their son Stuart moved in to their new build home at Cairnhill, the site of the former Alexandra Primary School.

Two blocks of flats in Coatbridge which had problems with falling masonry have now been repaired thanks to a successful partnership between the flat owners, their factor and North Lanarkshire Council. The partners came together to use legislation to improve the appearance and durability of the Muiry

Carnegie Library The regeneration of the former Carnegie Library in Coatbridge has been recognised at the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2018.