Permits
Skip permit: Hampshire County Council
If the skip sits on a public road in the Hampshire County Council area, you need a highway skip licence. On the council page checked 12 Sep 2026: £78.80 first week. minimum 5 clear working days. 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire County Council publishes: minimum 5 clear working days; approved skip companies only; £10m PL. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.
Fee, notice and conditions
Figures below are from Hampshire 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 | £78.80 first week; £26 each extra week; RoRo inspect +£37; fast track +£48.80 |
| Notice / who | minimum 5 clear working days; approved skip companies only; £10m PL |
| Apply | Hampshire County Council skip licence page |
Neighbours
County map (when live): Skip hire in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire County Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
- Skip hire in Aldershot
- Skip hire in Alton
- Skip hire in Andover
- Skip hire in Ashley
- Skip hire in Basingstoke
- Skip hire in Bordon
- Skip hire in Bursledon
- Skip hire in Chandler's Ford
- Skip hire in Eastleigh
- Skip hire in Emsworth
- Skip hire in Fareham
- Skip hire in Farnborough
- Skip hire in Fleet
- Skip hire in Gosport
- Skip hire in Havant
- Skip hire in Hedge End
- Skip hire in Hook
- Skip hire in Horndean
- Skip hire in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu
- Skip hire in Lee-on-the-Solent
- Skip hire in Locks Heath
- Skip hire in Lymington
- Skip hire in New Milton
- Skip hire in Petersfield
- Skip hire in Ringwood
- Skip hire in Romsey
- Skip hire in South Hayling
- Skip hire in Tadley
- Skip hire in Totton
- Skip hire in Waterlooville
- Skip hire in West End
- Skip hire in Whiteley
- Skip hire in Winchester
- Skip hire in Yateley
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- Hampshire 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.