- 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
Thurso
Thurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council location of Scotland. Situated in the historical area of Caithness, it is the northern most community on the British mainland. It exists at the junction of the north-south A9 road and also the west-east A836 road, connected to Bridge of Forss in the west as well as Castletown in the eastern. The 34-mile (55 km) River Thurso flows with the community as well as right into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater functions as a small harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The bigger Thurso civil church consisting of the community and also the surrounding countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso worked as an important Norse port, and later traded with ports throughout northern Europe until the 19th century. A prospering angling centre, Thurso additionally had a reputation for its linen-cloth and tanning tasks. Since 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although primarily deactivated at the end of the 20th century, employs a considerable variety of the regional populace. The Category-A provided ruined Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is among the earliest churches in Scotland, dating to a minimum of 1125. The current church, St Andrew's and also St Peter's, was integrated in 1832 to a layout by William Burn in the Gothic design. The town includes the primary university of North Highland University as well as Thurso Senior High School, the northern most high school on the British landmass, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, integrated in 1872, is in ruins. Thurso is home to the football (soccer) team, Thurso FC, established in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, and also the rugby groups Caithness Crushers as well as Caithness RFC. Thurso train station, opened in 1874, was the most north station on the Sutherland and also Caithness Train. The close-by port of Scrabster provides ferryboat solutions to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) runs between Scrabster and also Stromness.