Planning permission varies, as far as I know a lot is to do with the local mayor and how much he is willing to overlook/take as a backhander. This means things vary wildly from area to area. To do things the *proper* way can take several years and you need, for example, proper architects drawings. Catalonia is a bit harder/stricter on all this than the rest of Spain.

In the National Park you are very tightly restricted and will be hung,drawn & quartered for any illegal building etc.

Log homes DO need Planning Permission, people who sell them or plots without buildings may tell you different . . . . .


^ All of the above is just what I have heard, dont take it as gospel, the best advice I can give is get yourself a very good Estate Agent and Solicitor. From what I know, the proper Estate Agents are in the API - a professional trade body.