| 23 October 1953 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | Plans prepared and approved for new civic centre, estimated cost £135,000 |
| 21 December 1959 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | site chosen by Motherwell and Wishaw TC, est. cost £500,000 per Builder p956 |
| 18 November 1960 | | Proposed | competition for £1 mil. civic centre, including demolition of existing buildings and construction of a 123-room building housing all local government departments, council chambers, committee rooms and public halls and 10-12 unit shopping development on a landscaped site per Builder p930 |
| 29 September 1961 | | Proposed | invitation for UK-resident architects to submit designs in a two-stage competition; 6 successful candidates from the first stage will be invited to submit for the second; £500 for each of the successful first-stage competitors and £1000 for design placed first at final stage; stage one designs due 1 June and stage two designs by 1 November per Builder p571 |
| 28 December 1961 | | Design exhibited | Results for the arhcitectural competition announced. Winning design of Peter L. A. Williams. |
| 1973 | | Won award or awards | Civic Trust Award for Wylie Shanks & Partners |