In most areas, you will not need planning permission. However, if the property is listed or in a conservation area, you will need listed building consent or planning permission to paint the exterior. A surveyor or architect's advice will be invaluable as they can help with this process.
Avoch
Avoch is a harbour-village located on the south-east shore of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a garrison improved the site and also worked as a royal castle to William the Lion; handed down to the Morays of Petty then Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, upon his marriage to Joanna de Moravia in 1362. Offspring of Archibald, were to take the title of Earl of Ormonde from the castle. Tale has it that the town was founded by survivors of the Spanish Armada. Avoch remained in the control of David Chalmers, Lord Ormond from 1560/61 yet he forfeited his castle and control of Avoch in 1568 when he was ousted as a result of his part in aiding the retreat of Mary Queen of Scots. The castle and also village then passed to Andrew Munro of Milntown. Intrepid Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the very first European to explore the fantastic Canadian river currently called the Mackenzie River, going across The United States and Canada two times, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 as well as Pacific Ocean in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he died in 1820 and was buried in the old Avoch Church cemetery. Avoch was the location of Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) Home, an enforcing mansion house up until it was demolished in 1959. A substantial home existed on this site given that 1790. Craigie Well at Avoch on the Black Isle has offerings of both coins as well as clouties. Dustcloths, wool as well as human hair were additionally made use of as appeals against sorcery, and also as tokens of penenace as well as fulfilment of a pledge (Sharp 1998). Much of Avoch's riches has come from its fishing sector, and it continues to be a considerable contributor to the town economy, with several huge angling boats owned or crewed from Avoch as well as an energetic anglers's co-operative based there. The harbour is no more made use of by the larger boats for touchdown however is made use of by leisure craft as well as boats taking visitors to see the dolphins in the internal Moray Firth at Chanonry Point. Along with the angling industry, travelling to Inverness and tourism supply revenue to the village. Lazy Corner, called for the young people who gathered there to waste time, has actually been moved by the road widening in the Eighties, and fixed up by a sculpture intended to include character to the village. It is still a gathering place.
