A Labour-run borough council has rejected a local couple’s request to erect a flagpole to fly a Union Jack outside of their home. Councillors in Warrington turned down the resident’s application for a seven-metre pole on the grounds that it would not make a “positive contribution” to the area. The Cheshire couple hope to install the pole in their front garden at home on Cann Lane North in Appleton.

However, council planners said they were not able to due to the flagpole’s "significant scale and prominent placement" which meant it would not "respect, sustain, or make a positive contribution to local character and distinctiveness within the surrounding area". According to planning documents, the homeowners planned to fly the UK’s national flag from the pole, which would span 1.83 metres

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