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| | | | 25/03/2015 | Retail Week, Luke Tugby - All retailers can install click-and-collect after planning law changes | | | | | Law changes allow all retailers to offer click-and-collect services | | | | | Retail Week reports that all retailers will be allowed to offer click-and-collect services in store from next month as laws requiring planning permission are changed.
From April 15, retailers will no longer have to apply for planning permission, which costs £195 and requires store bosses to complete reams of paperwork.
Ministers say the move, which will allow more online shoppers to pick up their purchases in store, will act as a boost to the high street.
The UK is the world’s biggest user of click-and-collect, with use of the service expected to double by 2018.
Planning minister Brandon Lewis said the move would bring more people into town centres and help high-street retailers 'thrive'.
Scores of supermarkets and department stores are already using the service, while some retailers have also installed eBay and Amazon lockers to allow customers to pick up their shopping in-store rather than have them delivered.
High streets minister Penny Mordaunt added: "We know digital is the way forward for our high streets."
"High streets contribute billions of pounds to the economy and the Government is committed to supporting them as part of our long-term economic plan to create jobs and boost local communities." |
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