Article 6 Insertion of Class CA in Part 7 of Schedule 2 (installation etc of a reverse vending machine)

In Schedule 2, in Part 7, after Class C (click and collect facilities) insert—

“Class CA — installation etc of a reverse vending machine

Permitted development

CA.

Development consisting of the installation, alteration or replacement of a reverse vending machine in a wall of a shop or within the curtilage of a shop.

Development not permitted

CA1.

Development is not permitted by Class CA if—

(a)

the gross floor space of the reverse vending machine would exceed 80 square metres;

(b)

the height of the reverse vending machine would exceed 4 metres;

(c)

in the case of a reverse vending machine installed, or to be installed, in a wall of a shop, where any part of the reverse vending machine would protrude 2 metres or more beyond the outer surface of that wall;

(d)

where any land adjacent to the shop is used for a purpose within Part C of Schedule 1 to the Use Classes Order (residential purposes), any part of the reverse vending machine would be within 15 metres of the boundary of the curtilage of that residential land;

(e)

any part of the reverse vending machine would face onto and be within 5 metres of a highway; or

(f)

any part of the reverse vending machine would be—

(i)

on article 2(3) land;

(ii)

in a site of special scientific interest;

(iii)

within the curtilage of a listed building; or

(iv)

on the site of a scheduled monument.

Condition

CA2.

Development is permitted by Class CA subject to the condition that where the reverse vending machine is no longer in operation—

(a)

the development must be removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and

(b)

the land on which the development was situated, including any wall in which the development was installed, must be, as soon as reasonably practicable, and so far as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.

Interpretation of Class CA

CA3.

For the purposes of Class CA—

• “deposit item” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025^f1;

• “reverse vending machine” means a machine for the purpose of accepting deposit items, reimbursing deposits for each deposit item accepted, and retaining the deposit item for collection and any associated enclosure, building, canopy or other structure;

• “shop” means a building used for any purpose within Class E(a) (display or retail sale of goods other than hot food) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order.”.