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.
Thurso
Thurso is a community and former burgh on the north coastline of the Highland council area of Scotland. Located in the historic location of Caithness, it is the northern most community on the British mainland. It lies at the joint of the north-south A9 road and also the west-east A836 road, linked to Bridge of Forss in the west and also Castletown in the east. The 34-mile (55 kilometres) River Thurso flows via the community and into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater works as a little harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The bigger Thurso civil church consisting of the community as well as the bordering countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso functioned as an essential Norse port, and also later on traded with ports throughout north Europe until the 19th century. A growing angling centre, Thurso also had an online reputation for its linen-cloth and tanning tasks. Since 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mostly deactivated at the end of the 20th century, employs a considerable variety of the neighborhood population. The Category-A listed spoiled Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is among the earliest churches in Scotland, dating to a minimum of 1125. The present church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, was built in 1832 to a style by William Burn in the Gothic design. The community has the primary school of North Highland College and Thurso High School, the northern most high school on the British landmass, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, built in 1872, is in damages. Thurso is house to the football (football) team, Thurso FC, established in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, and the rugby groups Caithness Crushers and also Caithness RFC. Thurso train station, opened up in 1874, was one of the most north station on the Sutherland as well as Caithness Railway. The neighboring port of Scrabster gives ferryboat solutions to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferryboat (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster and Stromness.
