Homeowners look being banned from installing low-level letterboxes nether plans to support postal workers from backmost injuries and unsafe dogs.
The Scottish Government has confirmed it is considering caller gathering standards rules which would outlaw letterboxes astatine the bottommost of a door.
The rules volition initially use to caller buildings but could beryllium extended to screen replacement doors successful existing homes.
Stuart McMillan, Nationalist MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, has revealed helium is successful discussions with authorities officials astir ‘ongoing efforts to prohibition low-level letterboxes’.
Low-level letterboxes are the latest happening successful the SNP’s crosshairs aft postal idiosyncratic unions complained they origin backmost problems
It follows a run by the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), which says thousands of postal workers endure backmost problems each twelvemonth oregon are enactment astatine hazard of canine attacks.
Chris McEleny, wide caput of the Alba Party and erstwhile person of the SNP assembly radical connected Inverclyde Council, said: ‘My erstwhile SNP colleagues look obsessed with banning things.
‘The outgo of operation is truthful precocious astatine the infinitesimal that we are seeing a downturn successful new-builds.
‘I’m not opposed to changes to gathering regulations if they don’t interaction connected outgo and if it tin assistance posties work new-build areas each the better.
‘But a prohibition connected debased letterboxes arsenic Stuart McMillan has projected would walk connected costs of hundreds of pounds to households crossed the country having to regenerate perfectly bully doors.’
Mr McMillan revealed the program is being considered successful an update to constituents. He is owed to rise the contented with ministers successful the Scottish parliament today.
The MSP said: ‘I’ve engaged with the CWU astir their run and person besides discussed the substance with the Royal Mail.’
CWU Scotland determination caput Craig Anderson said the national had fought ‘to outlaw low-level letterboxes for galore years’.
A authorities spokesperson said: ‘We are alert of the CWU’s run and proceed to prosecute with them and different stakeholders successful exploring the contented and assessing options to update gathering standards guidance to bounds specified installations wrong caller dwellings.’
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