Skip Clerk UK skip reference

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Skip hire in Leeds

First published 12 September 2026. Last checked 12 September 2026.

Leeds is a HoC Core city (outside London) – not one of the 1,174 small/medium/large towns. A skip on the public road needs a Leeds City Council highway licence – the skip company usually 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.

Skip Clerk does not invent provider rankings, phone numbers or “top skips in Leeds”. 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

Leeds City Council is the highway authority. Full permit detail: Skip permit: Leeds City Council. On that page (checked 12 Sep 2026): fee not printed on accessible council page. registered skip company applies (raswa.forms@leeds.gov.uk to register).

Private drive vs road

Local notes

Leeds City Council does not print a pound fee on the accessible licences page we checked – ask the registered firm what they will be charged once the licence is issued. Fee note: fee not printed on accessible council page, rechecked 12 Sep 2026.

The fee note above is from Leeds City Council’s published page (or an honest note when none was printed), not a hire quote.

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 Leeds City Council highway area and ask them to apply. Give them the notice on the permit page.
  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 lists rules and council links, not a directory of firms. When we add a booking partner it will be labelled (affiliate) on partners.

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