Main Street, Tobermory in one of Argyll and Bute’s 32 conservation areas where extra planning permission approvals are needed.
Make sure you get your planning application and building warrants right, right from the start and you will save yourself no end of time and money – not to mention stress. Ask any planning officer or councillor and they will tell you the same: talk to your local council’s planning department first of all.
Before you begin – when your new home or extension is just a twinkle in your eye and a sketch on the back of an envelope – your first step is to take advantage of the pre-application advice offered by councils.