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Skip hire in Bentley (Babergh)

First published 16 October 2026. Last checked 16 October 2026.

Bentley (Babergh) is in the Suffolk County Council highway area. A skip on the public road, pavement or verge needs the council's skip licence, and only the skip company can apply, not you. A skip wholly on a private drive you control does not. This page is placement and waste rules, not a list of firms.

About Bentley (Babergh)

Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Ipswich. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 776.

Bentley has a Church of England parish church, a Reformed Baptist church, a Church of England primary school, a pub, a Village Hall and a riding school. A community owned village shop opened in the summer of 2016.

Skip Clerk does not invent provider rankings, phone numbers or "top skips in Bentley (Babergh)". Check the carrier's CBDU number, then ask who will apply for the road licence.

Yellow builders' skip on a UK street with traffic cones
Photo: Jaggery via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Which authority

Suffolk County Council is the highway authority for every Suffolk district (Babergh, East Suffolk, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, West Suffolk). Full permit detail: Skip permit: Suffolk County Council. On the council's skip licence page (checked 16 October 2026): £95 for the first two weeks, £47.50 per two-week extension; at least three working days to process; licences issued only to a skip company. Trunk roads are National Highways, not the county. County map: Skip hire in Suffolk.

Private drive vs road

Local notes

Bentley is in Babergh district, but Suffolk County Council, not the district council, licences skips on the road; only the skip company can apply, with at least three working days' notice, and the licence covers the first two weeks. Bentley lies about 6 miles (10 km) from Ipswich but is its own place, so book with your full Bentley address and postcode; a firm that files the job under Ipswich can send the lorry to the wrong place.

Suffolk's recycling centres need a booked time slot, and household waste from your home is free. Hardcore, rubble, soil, ceramic bathroom items and plasterboard are not household waste: DIY quantities from your own home are free up to published limits, plasterboard is taken at five sites only, and charges may apply above the limits. Source: Suffolk County Council: book a recycling centre time slot and Suffolk Recycling: what you can bring and charges.

How to hire without a fake directory

  1. Decide the size from the job – What size skip do I need?.
  2. If it has to sit on the road, tell the firm you are in the Suffolk County Council area and ask them to apply at least three working days ahead. Recheck the council page on the day you book.
  3. Ask for the waste-carrier number and check it – how to check a waste carrier licence.
  4. Keep plasterboard, electricals and sofas out of a mixed skip unless the operator says otherwise – what you cannot put in a skip.

Skip Clerk has no hire partners yet and no prices for skip hire on this page. The £95 figure is Suffolk County Council's published licence fee, not a hire quote. When we add a booking link it will be marked as an affiliate link.

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