Permits
Skip permit: Flintshire Council
If the skip sits on a Flintshire public highway, you need a council skip permit. Flintshire’s skip permit page (checked 11 September 2026) charges £60 for the first week and £25 for each subsequent week, needs at least two working days’ notice, and expects public liability insurance of £5 million. A skip wholly on private land you control does not need this permit.
Budget the first-week fee even for a short stay, and ask the hire firm to confirm their £5m public liability certificate is current before they apply.
When you need one
- Public highway in Flintshire: yes.
- Wholly on private land: no.
- Each further week after the first attracts the published £25 charge.
The statutory hook is still Highways Act 1980, section 139. National rule: Do I need a skip permit?.
Who applies
The hire firm / skip operator applies in practice. Allow at least two working days.
Fee, notice and conditions
Figures from Flintshire County Council’s Skip permit page, checked 11 September 2026.
| Item | What the council published |
|---|---|
| First week | £60 |
| Each subsequent week | £25 |
| Notice | At least 2 working days |
| Insurance | £5 million public liability |
| Who applies | Skip operator / hire firm |
| Apply / info | Flintshire Council: Skip permit |
Neighbours
Nation map: Skip hire in Wales. Wrexham sits to the south-east – Skip permit: Wrexham Council. Conwy: Skip permit: Conwy Council.
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 at least two working days.
- 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, not a hire quote. When we add a booking link it will be marked as an affiliate link.
Towns in this council
Local skip-hire guides that sit under Flintshire Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
- Skip hire in Buckley
- Skip hire in Connah's Quay
- Skip hire in Flint
- Skip hire in Hawarden
- Skip hire in Holywell
- Skip hire in Mold
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- Flintshire Council: Skip permit – £60 first week; £25 subsequent week; ≥2 working days; £5m PL. Checked 11 September 2026.
- Highways Act 1980, section 139.
- No invented provider list or hire prices on this page.