Monday February 9th 2026
InPost locker
Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Paul Kelly
An “eyesore” parcel locker has been removed from a Borders village after it raised the hackles of locals and Scottish Borders Council.
A retrospective bid for an InPost Locker sited at The Auld Bakery at Westside in Denholm, installed without prior planning approval, was recently refused by SBC.
It was deemed to be “harmful to the character and appearance of the Conservation Area” by council planners.
The local community council objected to giving permission for the locker which appeared without planning permission last year.
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.
InPost UK has a network of thousands of devices in towns and villages across the country.
Meanwhile, retrospective planning approval is being sought for a parcel locker installed in Peebles.
London-based InPost UK has submitted an application for the locker beside the Post Office store at 25 Rosetta Road.
An InPost Locker is a 24/7, self-service parcel locker for convenient online shopping, allowing you to send, collect, and return parcels at your own schedule, using a QR code or app for access.
Nationally, some local communities have objected to the placement of large, brightly coloured yellow and white InPost lockers, describing them as “incongruous features” that ruin the appearance of residential areas and conservation zones.
Since InPost was launched in the UK in 2013, it has expanded rapidly across Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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