diff --git a/passbook/policies/http.py b/passbook/policies/http.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8c668060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passbook/policies/http.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""policy http response"""
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+
+from django.http.request import HttpRequest
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+
+from passbook.core.models import PASSBOOK_USER_DEBUG
+from passbook.policies.types import PolicyResult
+
+
+class AccessDeniedResponse(TemplateResponse):
+    """Response used for access denied messages. Can optionally show an error message,
+    and if the user is a superuser or has user_debug enabled, shows a policy result."""
+
+    title: str
+
+    error_message: Optional[str] = None
+    policy_result: Optional[PolicyResult] = None
+
+    def __init__(self, request: HttpRequest) -> None:
+        # For some reason pyright complains about keyword argument usage here
+        # pyright: reportGeneralTypeIssues=false
+        super().__init__(request=request, template="policies/denied.html")
+        self.title = _("Access denied")
+
+    def resolve_context(
+        self, context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]
+    ) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        if not context:
+            context = {}
+        context["title"] = self.title
+        if self.error_message:
+            context["error"] = self.error_message
+        # Only show policy result if user is authenticated and
+        # either superuser or has PASSBOOK_USER_DEBUG set
+        if self.policy_result:
+            if self._request.user and self._request.user.is_authenticated:
+                if (
+                    self._request.user.is_superuser
+                    or self._request.user.attributes.get(PASSBOOK_USER_DEBUG, False)
+                ):
+                    context["policy_result"] = self.policy_result
+        return context
diff --git a/passbook/policies/mixins.py b/passbook/policies/mixins.py
index ff513a7b3..755e7fb87 100644
--- a/passbook/policies/mixins.py
+++ b/passbook/policies/mixins.py
@@ -5,16 +5,13 @@ from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import AccessMixin
 from django.contrib.auth.views import redirect_to_login
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
-from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from structlog import get_logger
 
 from passbook.core.models import Application, Provider, User
-from passbook.flows.views import (
-    SESSION_KEY_APPLICATION_PRE,
-    SESSION_KEY_DENIED_POLICY_RESULT,
-)
+from passbook.flows.views import SESSION_KEY_APPLICATION_PRE
 from passbook.policies.engine import PolicyEngine
+from passbook.policies.http import AccessDeniedResponse
 from passbook.policies.types import PolicyResult
 
 LOGGER = get_logger()
@@ -31,6 +28,9 @@ class PolicyAccessMixin(BaseMixin, AccessMixin):
     Provider functions to check application access, etc"""
 
     def handle_no_permission(self, application: Optional[Application] = None):
+        """User has no access and is not authenticated, so we remember the application
+        they try to access and redirect to the login URL. The application is saved to show
+        a hint on the Identification Stage what the user should login for."""
         if application:
             self.request.session[SESSION_KEY_APPLICATION_PRE] = application
         return redirect_to_login(
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ class PolicyAccessMixin(BaseMixin, AccessMixin):
         self, result: Optional[PolicyResult] = None
     ) -> HttpResponse:
         """Function called when user has no permissions but is authenticated"""
+        response = AccessDeniedResponse(self.request)
         if result:
-            self.request.session[SESSION_KEY_DENIED_POLICY_RESULT] = result
-        # TODO: Remove this URL and render the view instead
-        return redirect("passbook_flows:denied")
+            response.policy_result = result
+        return response
 
     def provider_to_application(self, provider: Provider) -> Application:
         """Lookup application assigned to provider, throw error if no application assigned"""
diff --git a/passbook/flows/templates/flows/denied.html b/passbook/policies/templates/policies/denied.html
similarity index 100%
rename from passbook/flows/templates/flows/denied.html
rename to passbook/policies/templates/policies/denied.html