A councillor has hit out at North Lanarkshire Council and its arm’s length property department, North Lanarkshire Properties (NLP), after seeing local businesses look elsewhere for units due to delays.
Several properties on Wishaw Main Street and Windmillhill Street in Motherwell have been empty for years, with Labour councillor Kenneth Duffy, who represents the Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig ward, calling on the local authority to do more to fill the vacant units.
He said: “The delays to getting these units up to a rentable standard is driving local businesses away from our towns.
