The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007

• (4) No advertisement shall be displayed at the same time as two advertisements of the description set out in paragraph 7AB (but an advertisement may be displayed at the same time as one advertisement of the description set out in paragraph 7AB).

• (5) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) and Part 4A, not more than one advertisement is permitted.

• (6) No flag shall exceed 2 square metres in area.

7AB

An advertisement in the form of a flag attached to a single flagstaff erected on a site within the curtilage of a building.

7AB

• (1) No advertisement is permitted within a conservation area, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a National Park, the Broads or an area of special control.

• (2) No advertisement is permitted other than one—

• (a) bearing either the name or device, or both the name and device, of any person occupying the building;

• (b) referring to a specific event (other than the offering of named goods for sale) of limited duration, which is taking place in the building, for the duration of that event;

• (c) bearing the device of any sports club;

• (d) bearing six horizontal equal stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet; ...

• (e) bearing the device of any one of the following award schemes—

• (i) Eco-Schools;

• (ii) the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise; or

• (iii) Investors in People or

• (f) bearing the device of the NHS.

• (3) Subject to Part 4A Not more than two advertisements may be displayed or not more than one at the same time as an advertisement of the description set out in paragraph 7A or paragraph 7AA.

• (4) No part of the flagstaff may be more than 4.6 metres above ground level.

7AC

An advertisement in the form of a flag attached to a single flagstaff erected on a site which forms part of a beach or marina.

7AC

No advertisement is permitted other than one bearing the device of the Blue Flag award scheme.

7AD

An advertisement in the form of a flag attached to a single flagstaff erected on a site which forms part of a park, garden or other green space.

7AD

No advertisement is permitted other than one bearing the device of the Green Flag Award scheme or the Green Flag Community Award scheme.

Part 4A — Flags

Limitation on number of flags on flagstaff

21A

• (1) Subject to the provisions of this Part no flagstaff may display more than 1 flag.

• (2) Subject to the conditions set out in regulation 21B, a flagstaff may display 2 of the flags mentioned in paragraph (3).

• (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the flags are—

• (a) a flag mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (i) of column (1) in Class H in Schedule 1 (a “Schedule 1 flag”);

• (b) a flag mentioned in paragraph 7A, 7AA or 7AB in Class 7 in Schedule 3 (a “Schedule 3 flag”).

Two flags: conditions of display

21B

• (1) Where a flagstaff displays two flags one of which is a Schedule 1 flag (within the meaning given in regulation 21A) and the other of which is a Schedule 3 flag (within the meaning given in that regulation) the Schedule 1 flag must be flown in a superior position to the Schedule 3 flag.

• (2) Where a flagstaff displays 2 Schedule 1 flags one of which is the Union flag, the Union flag must be flown in a superior position to the other flag.

• (3) No flagstaff may display more than one Schedule 3 flag.

1A

Subject to Part 4A, the flagstaff may not fly any flag or display any advertisement other than a black mourning ribbon.