- 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
Sedbergh
Sedbergh is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it exists concerning 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of Kendal, 28 miles (45 km) north of Lancaster and concerning 10 miles (16 kilometres) north of Kirkby Lonsdale. The town rests just within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Sedbergh goes to the foot of the Howgill Fells on the north bank of the River Rawthey which signs up with the River Lune concerning 2 miles (3 kilometres) below the community. The parish falls in the electoral ward of Sedbergh and also Kirkby Lonsdale. This covers both communities as well as surrounding areas with an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 6,369. Sedbergh has a slim primary road lined with shops. From all angles, the hills increasing behind the houses can be seen. Up until the resulting the Ingleton Branch Line in 1861, these remote locations were reachable only by walking over some relatively high hills. The line to Sedbergh railway station ranged from 1861 to 1954. The civil parish covers a huge location, including the districts of Millthrop, Catholes, Marthwaite, Brigflatts, High Oaks, Howgill, Lowgill as well as Cautley, the southerly part of the Howgill Fells and also the western part of Baugh Fell. George Fox, a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), talked in the churchyard of St. Andrew's Church (which he called a "steeple house") as well as on neighboring Firbank Fell throughout his travels in the North of England in 1652. Briggflatts Meeting House was integrated in 1675. It is the name of Basil Bunting's lengthy rhyme Briggflatts (1966 ). Sedbergh School is a co-educational boarding institution in the community, while Settlebeck School is its major state-funded secondary school.