Counties
Skip hire in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is five metropolitan districts. Leeds City Council’s permit does not cover Bradford, Huddersfield or Wakefield. Name the district for your road, then ask the hire firm to apply.
This is a hub, not a list of firms. Skip Clerk does not invent provider rankings, phone numbers or “top skips in West Yorkshire”. Check the carrier’s CBDU number, then ask who will apply for the road licence.
Five districts
West Yorkshire Combined Authority does not issue the Highways Act skip licence. Private drive you control: usually no highway licence. Public road: the district council. National rule: Do I need a skip permit?.
Who issues the road licence
| Authority | Who applies | Fee note (from our permit page, checked 12 Sep 2026) | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds City Council | Registered skip company applies | Fee not printed on council page (checked 12 Sep 2026) | Skip permit: Leeds City Council |
| City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | Skip company applies | £48 per 14 days (wide streets) or £48 per 6 days (narrow) | Skip permit: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |
| Kirklees Council | Skip company | From 1 Apr 2026: £32 up to 14 days | Skip permit: Kirklees Council |
| Wakefield Council | Licence needed on road or verge | £32.13 road licence | Skip permit: Wakefield Council |
| Calderdale Council | Skip company; at least 7 days before delivery | £32.50 for up to 14 days | Skip permit: Calderdale Council |
Fees change. Use the council page linked from the permit guide on the day you book. This hub does not invent hire prices.
Towns and which authority
| Places people mean | Highway authority |
|---|---|
| Leeds area towns: Pudsey, Morley, Otley, Garforth, Rothwell, Yeadon | Leeds City Council |
| Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Baildon | Bradford Council |
| Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield, Heckmondwike | Kirklees Council |
| Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Ossett, Normanton | Wakefield Council |
| Halifax, Brighouse, Elland, Todmorden | Calderdale Council |
Town pages now live include Huddersfield, Wakefield, Halifax, Dewsbury, Castleford, Batley, Keighley, Pudsey, Pontefract, Brighouse, Morley, Shipley, Normanton, Ossett, Bingley, Rothwell, Mirfield, Liversedge, Baildon, Elland, Garforth, East Ardsley, Honley, Ilkley, Otley, Yeadon, Gomersal and Birkenshaw, Heckmondwike, Todmorden, Guiseley, Cleckheaton, Featherstone, Wetherby, South Elmsall, Kippax, Knottingley, Cross Hills and Steeton, Horbury, Linthwaite and Slaithwaite, Queensbury, and 8 more on Towns.
If your postcode sits on a boundary, use the GOV.UK postcode finder rather than guessing.
How to hire without a fake directory
- Decide the size from the job – What size skip do I need?.
- Name the highway authority for your road and ask the firm to apply. Same-day drops are much more realistic on a driveway.
- Ask for the waste-carrier number and check it – how to check a waste carrier licence.
- Keep asbestos, plasterboard, electricals and sofas out of a mixed skip unless the operator has a written specialist route – what you cannot put in a skip and asbestos and skips.
Skip Clerk has no hire partners yet and no prices for skip hire on this page. When we add a booking link it will be marked as an affiliate link. Until then, use a licensed local operator and the council pages above.
Sources
- Skip Clerk: Skip permit: Leeds City Council – fee note checked 12 Sep 2026.
- Skip Clerk: Skip permit: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council – fee note checked 12 Sep 2026.
- Skip Clerk: Skip permit: Kirklees Council – fee note checked 12 Sep 2026.
- Skip Clerk: Skip permit: Wakefield Council – fee note checked 12 Sep 2026.
- Skip Clerk: Skip permit: Calderdale Council – fee note checked 12 Sep 2026.
- GOV.UK: skip licence (England and Wales) and Highways Act 1980, section 139.
- Town names from House of Commons Library CBP-8322 where we have shipped pages. No invented provider list or hire prices on this page.