Permits
Skip permit: City of London Corporation
The City of London Corporation does not allow a builder’s skip to stand on the public highway. Official guidance (checked 12 Sep 2026) says skips must remain on the vehicle, and materials need to sit inside a licensed hoarding. TfL Red Routes in the Square Mile are a separate TfL matter. A skip wholly on private land you control is outside this highway rule.
Do not plan a standing highway skip in the City. Ask the hire firm about wait-and-load, private land, or a hoarding licence via the Corporation’s scaffolding team. Do not invent a skip-licence fee – there is no ordinary standing-skip permit.
When you need one
- Public road or highway in the City of London Corporation area: standing skips are not permitted – use private land, wait-and-load, or a licensed hoarding.
- Wholly on a driveway or other private land you control: no highway skip licence. National rule on Do I need a skip permit?.
- TfL red routes: usually a separate Transport for London licence – the borough page will say if it cannot licence those roads.
- Any encroachment onto the highway counts as on the highway.
The statutory hook is Highways Act 1980, section 139. National rule: Do I need a skip permit?. London hub: Skip hire in London.
Who applies
Follow what City of London Corporation publishes: City Corporation highway authority except TfL Red Routes; materials/skips need to sit inside a licensed hoarding; contact scaffolding@cityoflondon.gov.uk. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.
Fee, notice and conditions
Checked City of London Corporation’s page on 12 Sep 2026. No ordinary standing-skip pound fee applies because standing highway skips are not permitted – we do not invent one.
| Item | What the council published |
|---|---|
| Fee | skips are not permitted to stand on the City of London public highway (must remain on the vehicle); no ordinary skip-licence fee applies |
| Notice / who | City Corporation highway authority except TfL Red Routes; materials/skips need to sit inside a licensed hoarding; contact scaffolding@cityoflondon.gov.uk |
| Apply / official page | City of London Corporation skip / highway page |
Neighbours
See Skip hire in London for all Core city London borough pages, or all towns.
A sensible order
- Can it sit wholly on the drive? If yes, book that and skip the licence.
- If it has to go on the road, tell the hire firm at booking. They apply. Give them the notice above. Check whether the kerb is borough or TfL.
- Check their waste-carrier number – how to check a waste carrier licence.
- Size the job on the size guide.
Skip Clerk has no hire partners yet and no skip-hire prices on this page. Fee figures above are the council’s published permit charges (or an honest note when none was printed), not a hire quote.
Towns in this council
Local skip-hire guides that sit under City of London Corporation. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- City of London Corporation: skip licence / highway page – checked 12 Sep 2026.
- Skip Clerk: Do I need a skip permit?.
- Highways Act 1980, section 139.
- No invented provider list or hire prices on this page.