The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (“the principal Regulations”) (S.I. 2007/783).

Regulation 3 inserts a new Part 4A into the principal Regulations.

The inserted regulation 21A grants permission for a flagstaff to display two flags simultaneously, of which both may be from Class H in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations or of which one may be from Class H in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations and the other from Class 7 in Schedule 3 to those Regulations.

The inserted regulation 21B provides that where a flag from Schedule 1 is displayed in conjunction with a flag from Schedule 3, the flag from Schedule 1 must be flown in a superior position to that from Schedule 3. The regulation also provides that where one of the flags flown is the Union flag, that flag must be flown in a superior position to the other flag and that not more than one flag from Schedule 3 may be displayed.

Regulation 4 provides for the omission of the flag of the European Union from the list of flags mentioned in Class H in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.

Regulation 5 amends the list of flags set out in each of paragraphs 7A(1), 7AA(1) and 7AB(1) in Class 7 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations to provide for the inclusion of a flag bearing the device of the NHS.

Regulation 6 makes consequential amendments to regulation 1(3), regulation 6(1), Class H in Schedule 1 and Class 7 in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen.