From the album: Mercian’s Miscellany
Each of these badges depicts flags (obviously).
More-specifically than that, all of the flags depicted here (except one) is a member of the class of flags that one is allowed to fly in England without having to first get ‘Planning Permission’ from the Local Authority (borough/county/city council, or National Park Authority).
There are many others too; there are lists of the categories of flag that ‘do not require consent’.
But England is not the USA - if you wish to fly some flags (those not included in the lists of flags that do not require consent) outside your home/business here you are, strictly speaking, legally required to obtain explicit consent from the Local Authority first.
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