- The rules only apply to houses – flats and maisonettes are not included
- Only 50% of the area of land around the original house can be covered by extensions, including conservatories, and other buildings
- You mustn’t build the conservatory higher than the highest part of the original roof
- Where the wooden conservatory comes within 2 metres of the boundary, the height at the eaves can’t exceed 3 metres
- A rear wooden conservatory can’t extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by more than 4 metres if it’s a detached house, or more than 3 metres for any other type of house
- For side extensions, for example a lean-to wooden conservatory, it can’t exceed 4 metres in height and can only be up to half the width of the original house
Colyton
Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It lies within the East Devon local authority location. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from Seaton and also 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, minimizing to 2,105 at the 2011 Census. Colyton is a major part of the Coly Valley selecting ward. The ward population at the above demographics was 4,493. Colyton initially looked like an old town around 700 AD as well as features in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The 3rd code of regulation of King Edmund I was issued at Colyton in around 945. This assisted to maintain feudal society, by stating clearly its 4 columns: kingship, lordship, household, as well as area. It grew into a crucial farming centre as well as market community with a corn mill, saw mill, iron shop as well as an oak bark tannery that is still working. Located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north of the community was Colcombe Castle, currently knocked down, a previous seat of the Courtenay family members, Earls of Devon. Adhering to the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, and also those within Colyton were offered back for £1,000 to numerous homeowners of Colyton parish, as provided in an act recorded in the Letters and also Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summarised as "John Clarke as well as others. Grant in complimentary socage, subject to rents etc. (specified), for l,000 l, of the following lands (extents given) in the parish of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton chateau, Devon, and came from Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, who remained to keep in common different residential properties in the parish. The town has actually been referred to as "one of the most defiant community in Devon" as a result of the number of its occupants that signed up with the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.