article_snippet: All shops will be allowed to offer ‘click and collect’ services for people to collect people parcels from next month.
article_snippet: Retailers will no longer have to apply for planning permission – which costs £195 per application– and fill in reams of paperwork before being allowed to offer the service from April 15.
article_snippet: All shops in the UK will be allowed to offer ‘click and collect’ services for people to collect people parcels from next month .
article_snippet: the UK is the biggest user of ‘click and collect’ services in the world - and use is expected to double in the next three years.
article_snippet: Many people who are at work all day - and know Many people who are at work all day - and know they will miss the postman – will miss the postman – can choose to have parcels delivered to Many people who are at work all day - and know they will miss the postman – local shop where Many people who are at work all day - and know they will miss the postman – can collect Many people who are at work all day - and know they will miss the postman – at a convenient time.
article_snippet: How we shop is changing radically
article_snippet: ‘These measures will mean even more retailers can offer ‘click and collect’ services, encouraging shoppers to visit even more retailers businesses and pick up even more retailers purchases at a time that suits their businesses.
article_snippet: There was a boom in Christmas shopping via click and collect this year – with planning minister Brandon Lewis saying half a boom in Christmas shopping customers picked up parcels in store rather than having its customers posted to its customers homes in December.
article_snippet: Supermarkets and department stores are already using the service, and some allow ebay and Amazon customers to pick up ebay and Amazon purchases instore.
article_snippet: Ministers also want to make it easier for a bank or estate agent to change use, so it can become a restaurant, cinema or gym without the owners going through undue costs and paperwork.
highlights_snippet: Shops won't have to apply for planning permission for 'click and collect'
  