Skip licence terms and conditions

You are entirely responsible for the skip and must adhere to these terms and conditions.

Failure to comply with these terms and conditions may result in enforcement action, including fixed penalty notices and/or prosecution.

If you do not comply with the licence requirements, we may take action and mark, guard, light, or remove the skip, and clean and repair the highway. You will be liable for these costs.

Enforcement officers patrol the streets on a regular basis to make sure all skips are legitimately sited; adhering to the terms and conditions set out in the permit, and removed when the permit expires.

Terms and conditions for skips on the highway

You must read and accept the following terms and conditions.

• The skip shall not be placed on the highway unlicensed
• The skip must be located outside the agreed address specified on the licence and within an agreed parking bay where applicable
• A copy of the licence (or subsequent renewal) must be available for inspection on site whilst the skip is on the highway
• The skip shall be clearly marked with the owners name, telephone number and address
• The skip shall have affixed below and right across the top edge of each end, a strip of striped material complying with the Builders’ Skips (Markings) Regulations 1984, having broad red and yellow reflective or fluorescent stripes which shall at all times be kept clear
• At night (i.e. between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise) the skip shall be lit by lamps
• Each lamp shall have an illuminated power of not less than one candela, shall be clearly visible to all traffic and shall remain lit during the hours of darkness
• The skip shall be kept securely covered at all times except when being filled, and always between the hours of 7pm and 7am
• The site and surrounding area of the skip shall be kept in a clean and tidy condition with the proper disposal of any materials placed in or around the skip (whether by the person to whom the licence is granted or any other person)
• The skip shall not be used in such a way that any of its contents fall onto the highway, or that there is an escape of dust from the contents of the skip
• The skip shall be removed or repositioned at our request, or the request of the Police, or statutory undertakers to access our/their apparatus
• There shall be no flammable, explosive, noxious or dangerous material, or material which is likely to putrefy or become a nuisance to be placed into the skip
• There shall be no planks placed on the footway to facilitate filling the skip
• The skip shall not be placed so that it impedes any surface water drainage or obstructs access to any inspection chamber or apparatus to us or of any statutory undertaker
• Where special events are scheduled to occur on specified roads, skips may have to be either covered or removed to prevent interference with these events