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Skip hire in Cantley

First published 30 October 2026. Last checked 30 October 2026.

Cantley is in the Norfolk County Council highway area. A skip on the public road, pavement or verge needs the council's skip licence, and a new application is needed every time a skip is placed. A skip wholly on a private drive you control does not. This page is placement and waste rules, not a list of firms.

About Cantley

Cantley is a village in the civil parish of Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood in Broadland, about 2.5 miles north-west of Reedham and 10 miles south-east of Norwich. It sits on the north bank of the River Yare, partly within the Broads Special Protection Area, and Cantley Marshes, an RSPB-managed Site of Special Scientific Interest, lie to the south-west.

The village is best known for its sugar factory, founded in 1912 and still run by British Sugar. The Domesday Book records 58 households here.

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

Skip beside scaffolding on a brick street
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Which authority

Norfolk County Council is the highway authority for every Norfolk district (Breckland, Broadland, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Norwich, South Norfolk). Full permit detail: Skip permit: Norfolk County Council. On the council's highways fees page (checked 30 October 2026; fees from 1 April 2026): £55.94 for the first 28 days and £55.94 for each further 28 days. The skip licence page asks for £5m public liability insurance, the waste carrier's certificate and a drawing of the skip position, so in practice the skip company applies. Trunk roads are National Highways, not the county. County map: Skip hire in Norfolk.

Private drive vs road

Local notes

Cantley is in Broadland district, but Norfolk County Council, not the district council, licences skips on the road. The council does not print a notice period on its skip licence page, so ask the firm how much notice it needs, and expect a new application each time a skip is placed. Lorries serve the sugar factory, so agree a delivery time with the skip firm and keep the skip off the marsh verges; use your drive or ask for a road licence. Reedham, Freethorpe and Acle are nearby and under the same county licence.

Nearby on Skip Clerk: Reedham, Freethorpe, Acle, Brundall.

Norfolk's recycling centres need a booked slot (free, up to one week ahead). DIY waste from work you did yourself on your own home is free up to two 50-litre sacks or one item per visit, with no more than four such visits in any four weeks; above that you pay as you throw (rubble, soil and stones £4.50, plasterboard £14 per 100 litres). Plasterboard is taken only at Caister, Dereham, Hempton, King's Lynn, Norwich North, Norwich South and Thetford, and no site takes asbestos. Waste from work you paid a trader for gets no free allowance. Source: Norfolk County Council: DIY waste and Norfolk Recycling Centre bookings.

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 Norfolk County Council area and ask how much notice it needs for the licence. Recheck the council pages 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 £55.94 figure is Norfolk 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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