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The British Government announced at the beginning
of April that five new types of flags are now permitted to be flown, without
requiring planning consent in England.
Coming into force on 6 April 2007, the
regulations (The Town and Country Planning (Control of
Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007, Statutory Instrument 2007/783)
now permit the display of:
- any country's national flag
- the flag of the Commonwealth, the united Nations or
the European Union
- the flag of any English county
- the flag of any saint
without requiring either express or deemed
consent.
Specific conditions apply, in that it is not permissible for
anything else to be displayed on either the flag or the flagstaff. Moreover, a
saint's flag may only be displayed within the country with which he or she is
associated.
There are also a number of general conditions which apply to the
display of flags, covering such matters as permission from the land owner, that
the flag is not permitted to obscure any traffic sighs or other navigational
aids, speed cameras, or surveillance cameras, that it must be properly
maintained so as not to cause danger to the public and that it does not "impair
the visual amenity" of the site on which it is located.
The new regulations
apply in England only. Separate regulations apply in Northern Ireland, in
Scotland and in Wales.
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