Post Office Ltd Network Change Programme – Highland Consultation

Post Office Ltd (POL) has been directed by the UK Government to close 2,500 Post Offices across the UK to create a sustainable post office network.

Post Office Ltd has now released the Area Plan for Highland for consultation. POL intends to close 29 post offices across Highland. 2 of these will be relocated to other business within the community and 9 will be replaced with outreach services. An additional four new outreach services are to be introduced.

The consultation will run for six weeks and all responses must be received by the 18th February 2008. The Highland Council will consider it’s response to the consultation at a full Council meeting on the 14th February.

The Council wants to encourage communities to respond directly to POL and express their views. Details of how to respond can be found in the documents attached below. People can also express their views on this discussion forum below. Individuals are encouraged to indicate how the closure of their post office will affect them and their community. Comments will be forwarded to POL at the end of the consultation phase.

• Area plan booklet (PDF 375 KB)
• Branch access reports (PDF 237 KB)