Fife Council refuse InPost plan at Nisa Local in Ballingry

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A PLANNING application for a parcel locker outside a Ballingry shop has been refused by Fife Council.

InPost had wanted to instal the facility outside the Nisa Local on Benarty Square but officers said the move would be "detrimental to pedestrian safety".

The proposed click-and-collect locker is just over eight metres wide, almost 2.5m high and almost a metre deep and they sought to place it on the Craigie Street side of the store.

The company had said: "InPost offers an affordable and eco-friendly parcel locker service so people can collect, send and return parcels at a time which suits them, eliminating the need for door-to-door journeys and repeat deliveries.

"We have already partnered with councils and businesses, from corner shops and petrol stations to rail operators and shopping centres, to install over 5,000 lockers across the UK.

"These lockers provide a straightforward solution for parcel delivery and collection, which can help keep costs low for both consumers and retailers while boosting footfall and improving sustainability in local areas."

InPost had added: "By placing lockers on the routes where people work, shop and play, we encourage customers to make more out of their existing journeys by combining collecting parcels / making deliveries with typical errands, rather than making separate trips."

However, the council said the parcel locker would cause an obstruction.

A report explained: "The proposal would reduce the available public footway width, reducing the available width for pedestrians within an area that will have high pedestrian footfall.

"At its narrowest point, the public footway would be reduced from approximately 2.95 metres to approximately 2 metres.

"Customers using the proposed lockers would obstruct the remaining width of public footway."