Flag Pole in Garden

[RichB]

What size flags are you going to fly?

[BatleyBoy]

RichB said:

What size flags are you going to fly?

5' x 3'

[Jasandjules]

Just phone the planning department and ask them what size pole and requirements etc.. you can have before needing permission. Believe it or not the planning people can be very helpful.

[koolchris99]

there is a guy near me who flys a flag from his country house i drive past all the time,

one day he flew the omani flag, but it was upside down, so knocked on his door to tell him, turns out he has a massive collection his son buys him them and he just really likes flying flags. really nice chap

[eps]

BatleyBoy said:

Probably a silly question, but are there any planning issues with putting an 18' flag pole in ones garden?

You may fly the national flags (i.e. Union Jack and Cross of St. George, if in England, etc..) without planning permission, anything else would require planning permission.

[mk1fan]

Vertical or horizontal flag poles do not require planning permission. Although any other angle does regardless of what you run up it??

An advertising media - regardless if it is in flag format of not - does require planning permission.

Put a national flag up a vertical or horizontal pole and you're all 'legal', swap the flag for 'Bob's Cars' and you'll need planning permission.

Although, if the Daily Wail is to be believed, if you run a Union or St George's cross up the pole then you'll be offending the people of the UK and therefore a bad man.

[BatleyBoy]

So what's the situation if I fly a non national flag, for example a either a TVR flag, or PH flag?
Cheers. BB.

[Pickled Piper]

Don said:

sday12 said:

Apart from looking like a member of the BNP, none.

Reclaim the flag. It doesn't belong to the BNP. It belongs to us and we can fly it if we like.

What he said.

pp

[AndyAudi]

I've used "MrFlag" before, they have some interesting ones.

This would get the neigbours a little worried MrFlag

[eps]

BatleyBoy said:

So what's the situation if I fly a non national flag, for example a either a TVR flag, or PH flag?
Cheers. BB.

You may fly the national flags (i.e. Union Jack and Cross of St. George, if in England, etc..) without planning permission, anything else would require planning permission.

[Saddle bum]

School told to stop flying own flag 'cos it's advertising.

Daily Telegraph

[BatleyBoy]

eps said:

BatleyBoy said:

So what's the situation if I fly a non national flag, for example a either a TVR flag, or PH flag?
Cheers. BB.

You may fly the national flags (i.e. Union Jack and Cross of St. George, if in England, etc..) without planning permission, anything else would require planning permission.

Flying a 'Three Lions' flag during the world cup...I wonder if that will require planning permission?

[Tanguero]

Union flag on Official flag days
St George's Cross on St George's day
TVR flag on Trevor Wilkinsons birthday
Jaguar flag on William Lyons birthday

ETA

• 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.

So I suppose I am winging it with the Jag/TVR flags

Edited by Tanguero on Monday 10th May 17:09

[zax]

Pickled Piper said:

Don said:

sday12 said:

Apart from looking like a member of the BNP, none.

Reclaim the flag. It doesn't belong to the BNP. It belongs to us and we can fly it if we like.

What he said.

pp

Well said! I have a flagpole, so do many of my neighbours. It's great to see the flags flying on special days. Sad I never saw the same when I lived in the UK, would love to come back in a few years and see things had changed

[shakotan]

BatleyBoy said:

Flags for starters!
Union Jack

He doesn't live on a Naval watercraft.

Edited by shakotan on Tuesday 11th May 11:52

[sherman]

shakotan said:

BatleyBoy said:

Flags for starters!
Union Jack

He doesn't live on a Naval watercraft.

Edited by shakotan on Tuesday 11th May 11:52

The red ensign is used on merchant watercraft and the white ensign on military watercraft and buildings. The union jack is used on the land.

[RichB]

The comment relates to the fact that historically it was known as the Union Flag and only called the Union Jack when it was flying from a naval vessel. I belive the the pole that it fies from at the stern of a naval ship was known as the jackstaff and the flag as the Union Jack. However the expression Union Jack found it's way into common parlance as the name of the flag.

Edited by RichB on Tuesday 11th May 23:21

[BatleyBoy]

Pole going up Friday.
Flag going up Saturday, but not sure which yet.

[BatleyBoy]

Well here it is....looks smaller than it is as the photo is taken from an upstairs window>

[Dab of oppo]

I'm thinking of getting one of these myself, was yours the ebay variety?
What was the ground anchor like?
Is the general quality good?