oily plugs wouldnt be down to head gasket,
could be due to valve stem seals leaking into the chamber overtime but then, that would be gone after a few mins of running, sounds to be using a lot if you did less than a litre in 500 miles... but then its hardly beeing driven to notice,
if it was mine mate, id have it back drop in some fuel system cleaner, an give it a fecking good spanking about for an hour or so, then have the emissions tested......