Parcel firm removes village locker after council order

A parcel delivery company has removed one of its lockers from a conservation village in the Scottish Borders after being ordered to do so by the council.

InPost UK has a network of thousands of devices in towns and villages across the country.

However, it ran into trouble in the village of Denholm, between Jedburgh and Hawick.

Planners ordered the company to remove the locker next to the village green due to its "prominent conservation area location" and it has now been taken away.

Since InPost was launched in the UK in 2013, it has expanded rapidly across Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

However, it encountered problems after putting up a locker in the Borders village.

An application for retrospective planning permission was submitted to the local authority.

The company argued it would have benefits for the community, businesses and the environment.

The local community council objected to giving permission for the locker outside the village's Auld Bakery which appeared without planning permission last year.

Councillors subsequently rejected the bid for retrospective permission and ordered its removal which has now been carried out.