You may need planning permission if you are planning a larger extension. All extensions will need building regulations approval. An architect can assist with this and if planning permission is required. A reputable contractor will also be able to advise you if this is needed as well.
Newmilns
Newmilns and also Greenholm is a little burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people (2001 census) and lies on the A71, around 7 miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is located in a valley where the River Irvine runs and also, with the neighbouring communities of Darvel and Galston, creates a location called the Upper Irvine Valley (in your area described as The Valley). As the name recommends, the burgh exists in two components - Newmilns to the north of the river as well as Greenholm to the south. The river also divides the churches of Loudoun and Galston, which is why the burgh, although typically described as Newmilns, has actually preserved both names. Of the mills themselves, little now continues to be. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which sat on Brown Street opposite the railway station (present-day Vesuvius building). Well Known in Allan Ramsay's poem, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was demolished in 1977 and all that now continues to be belongs to the mill's exterior wall. The only mill structure still intact can be located at the foot of Ladeside. Currently used as housing, Loudoun Mill (formerly the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) was in use from 1593 till it quit producing meal in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was gotten rid of and the lade completed, with the only remaining suggestion of the site's former use being a motto, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" inscribed on the external wall.
