Villages

Skip hire in Hartland

First published 20 September 2026. Last checked 20 September 2026.

Hartland is in the Devon County Council highway area. A skip on the public road needs that council’s licence – the hire firm applies, 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 Hartland

Hartland is the most north-westerly settlement in Devon. Its parish includes the hamlet of Stoke to the west and Meddon to the south, close to Hartland Point where the coast turns from the Bristol Channel to face the Atlantic.

Until Tudor times it was an important port; today it acts as a rural centre with minor tourist traffic toward Hartland Quay. It is classed as a village in the House of Commons Library settlement file.

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

Blue open-top skip overflowing with renovation waste on a residential street
Photo: Haberdoedas II via Unsplash (Unsplash)

Which authority

Devon County Council is the highway authority. Full permit detail: Skip permit: Devon County Council. On that page (checked 20 September 2026; live council page still lists these figures): £110.50 standard (10 or more working days’ notice), emergency £166, extension £87, site visit £103.95, at least ten working days’ notice, maximum 28 days, skip providers only with Chapter 8 competence and £5 million public liability. Do not invent a different fee. County map and the Torbay / Plymouth unitaries: Skip hire in Devon.

Private drive vs road

Local notes

Hartland sits toward Hartland Point and Hartland Quay with rural approaches from North Devon. Prefer a private drive; Atlantic-coast lanes and quay roads need clear turning space, especially in season.

Devon County Council’s chargeable-waste page gives each household a limited free DIY allowance at recycling centres: four single visits in any four-week period, with either up to two rubble bags you can lift yourself, or one single unbagged item up to two metres long. Excess soil and rubble is listed at £4.10 a bag or item; clean plasterboard at £7.60 a sheet or bag. Own-home DIY only; paid contractor waste is not accepted on that free path. Source: Devon chargeable waste. Plasterboard is not accepted at Totnes or South Molton centres.

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 Devon County Council area and ask them to apply. Give them more than ten working days.
  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 £110.50 figure is Devon County Council’s published permit fee, not a hire quote. When we add a booking link it will be marked as an affiliate link.

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