{"id":3148,"date":"2020-10-22T12:22:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/?page_id=3148"},"modified":"2023-11-29T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T17:47:35","slug":"horse-box-and-horse-trailer-acceptance-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/recycling-centres\/site-user-restrictions\/horse-box-and-horse-trailer-acceptance-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse box and horse trailer acceptance policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Acceptable<\/h2>\n<p>Vans under 3.5t gross weight and less than 6m in length that have been converted into a horsebox and remains as a non-box type van are accepted. Please ensure you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/van-permit-system\/\">apply for a van permit<\/a> before accessing the recycling centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Horse trailers are permitted<\/strong> to use the facility providing it adheres to the current trailer rules which are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the trailer has an internal bed length of <strong>no more than 3m (10ft)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>the trailer is not attached to a large van or pick-up. <strong>Only cars, 4&#215;4 and car derived vans may tow the trailer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3149 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/4-x-4-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"4 x 4v vehicle towing a horse box\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/4-x-4-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/4-x-4.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/Van.jpg\" alt=\"Van\" width=\"350\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/Van.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/Van-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>N.B. Any trailer\/van being used to transport items to the recycling centre must be clean of any animal litter.<\/p>\n<h2>Not acceptable<\/h2>\n<p>Vans over 3.5t gross weight and\/or greater than 6m in length, box\/Luton type horse boxes and trailers over 3m (10ft) internal bed length are not permitted to use the site.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3151 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/Luton-horsebox-lorry-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"Luton horsebox lorry\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/Luton-horsebox-lorry-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/Luton-horsebox-lorry-640x347.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/10\/Luton-horsebox-lorry.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acceptable Vans under 3.5t gross weight and less than 6m in length that have been converted into a horsebox and remains as a non-box type van are accepted. Please ensure you apply for a van permit before accessing the recycling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/recycling-centres\/site-user-restrictions\/horse-box-and-horse-trailer-acceptance-policy\/\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Horse box and horse trailer acceptance policy\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 18:11:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3148"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4981,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148\/revisions\/4981"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}