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.
Roslin
Roslin (formerly spelt Rosslyn or Roslyn) is a village in Midlothian, Scotland, 7 miles (11 km) to the south of the capital city Edinburgh. It stands on high ground, near the northwest bank of the river North Esk. Legend has it the town was founded in 203 A.D. by Asterius, a Pict. In 1303 Roslin was the site of a battle of the First Battle of Scottish Independence. In 1446, Rosslyn Chapel was created, under the guide of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness. Roslin ended up being essential as the seat of the St Clair (or Sinclair) household. In 1456 King James II approved it the standing of a burgh. Coal mining has actually been a significant profession from the twelfth to the late twentieth centuries. From the 19th century onward, the attractions of the Glen, Castle and also Chapel established Roslin as a popular tourist destination. Notable visitors consisted of J. M. W. Turner, William Wordsworth (who wrote a rhyme in the church whilst escaping a tornado) and his sister Dorothy, who wrote "'I never travelled through a much more delicious dell than the glen of Rosslyn". William Morris saw in March 1887, keeping in mind in his Socialist Diary that Roslin was "a gorgeous glen-ny landscape much ruined, by the misery of Scotch building and a manufactory or two." On the north-western side of the village used to be Roslin Institute, a biological research study establishment, where in 1996 Dolly the lamb became the first pet to be cloned from an adult somatic cell. It moved to Easter Bush in 2011.