Planning permission is not normally needed for a loft conversion as they are covered by permitted development rights. A conversion company will tell you if you do and help you with this. For more information, see our article about planning permission.
Isle Of Scalpay
Scalpay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Scalpay is around 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) long as well as rises to an elevation of 104 metres (341 feet) at Beinn Scorabhaig. The area of Scalpay is 653 hectares (2.52 sq mi). The major settlement on the island goes to the north, near the bridge, clustered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). The island is peppered with little lochans. The largest of these is Loch an Duin (Loch of the Fort) which has a tiny island in it, with the remains of the ft still visible. Eilean Glas, a little peninsula on Scalpay's eastern coast, is residence to the first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides. Scalpay's closest neighbour, Harris, is simply 300 metres (980 feet) away throughout the tightens of Caolas Scalpaigh. In 1997, a bridge from Harris to Scalpay was developed, changing a ferryboat solution. In 2001, the island had 322 people, whose main employment was fish farming and also prawn angling. By 2011 the population had actually declined by 9% to 291 whilst throughout the exact same duration Scottish island populations as a whole expanded by 4% to 103,702.
