Many people are probably aware that our cousins across the pond proudly fly the Stars & Stripes from their home. In the UK, we dont tend to do this for some reason (why!?).
I've long had the urge to fly the Union Flag or St George's Flag from a flag pole at home but have been put off as I thought a free standing flag pole needed planning permission. In my area, I've seen a couple of people who regularly fly the flag. So, I've done a little bit of digging and found this relevant to the UK:
Planning permission
• Under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, flags come within the definition of "advertisement". Their display is controlled by the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992.
• However, under Schedule 2 of the Regulations, the national flag of any country, and this includes the Union flag, is exempt from advertisement control provided each flag is flown from a single vertical flagpole and neither the flag nor the flagpole display any advertisement additional to the design of the flag.
The above seems to suggest that you dont need PP for a flagpole to fly the Union Flag or national flag of any country come to that! Id guess a caveat may be that you live in a conservation area or in a listed building you may need permission.
I've fired off an enquiry to my local council quoting the above about planning permission exemption. Naturally, there is nothing on my local council's website about this.
Has anyone erected a flagpole on their property if so, did your council insist on planning permission? Have you had any issues with a local council even if you brought the above to their attention?
I'd envisage a flagpole no higher than 6 metres