Permits
Skip permit: Durham County Council
If the skip sits on a public road in the Durham County Council area, you need a highway skip licence. On the council page checked 12 Sep 2026: £33 for first 14 days. £5m PL. A skip wholly on private land you control does not need this licence.
You usually do not apply as a householder. Tell the hire firm at booking and give them the notice the council asks for. Do not put the skip on the pavement unless the licence allows it.
When you need one
- Public road or highway in the Durham County Council area: yes.
- Wholly on a driveway or other private land you control: no. National rule on Do I need a skip permit?.
- 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?.
Who applies
Follow what Durham County Council publishes: £5m PL; if no reply after 3 working days may act as granted; extension at least 3 days before expiry. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.
Fee, notice and conditions
Figures below are from Durham County Council’s published page on 12 Sep 2026. They will change. Recheck that page, not this one, on the day you book.
| Item | What the council published |
|---|---|
| Fee | £33 for first 14 days; £25 each further week (or part); retrospective £298 plus backdated permit; removal £206 |
| Notice / who | £5m PL; if no reply after 3 working days may act as granted; extension at least 3 days before expiry |
| Apply | Durham County Council skip licence page |
Neighbours
County map (when live): Skip hire in Durham. See all towns for places under this authority.
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 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 Durham County Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
- Skip hire in Annfield Plain
- Skip hire in Bishop Auckland
- Skip hire in Brandon
- Skip hire in Chester-le-Street
- Skip hire in Consett
- Skip hire in Crook
- Skip hire in Durham
- Skip hire in Ferryhill
- Skip hire in Murton
- Skip hire in Newton Aycliffe
- Skip hire in Peterlee
- Skip hire in Seaham
- Skip hire in Shildon
- Skip hire in Spennymoor
- Skip hire in Stanley
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- Durham County Council: skip licence / permit 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.