Permits
Skip permit: Hertfordshire County Council
If the skip sits on a public road in the Hertfordshire County Council area, you need a highway skip licence. On the council page checked 12 Sep 2026: £54 for 14 days. at least 5 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 Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire County Council publishes: at least 5 working days; usually ~3 weeks to process; skip operator applies; £10m PL; max 5m×2m; Broxbourne via borough. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.
Fee, notice and conditions
Figures below are from Hertfordshire 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 | £54 for 14 days; £28 each extra week (page banner 12 Sep 2026) |
| Notice / who | at least 5 working days; usually ~3 weeks to process; skip operator applies; £10m PL; max 5m×2m; Broxbourne via borough |
| Apply | Hertfordshire County Council skip licence page |
Neighbours
County map (when live): Skip hire in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire County Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
- Skip hire in Abbots Langley and Kings Langley
- Skip hire in Baldock
- Skip hire in Berkhamsted
- Skip hire in Bishop's Stortford
- Skip hire in Borehamwood
- Skip hire in Buntingford
- Skip hire in Bushey
- Skip hire in Cheshunt
- Skip hire in Chorleywood
- Skip hire in Harpenden
- Skip hire in Hatfield
- Skip hire in Hemel Hempstead
- Skip hire in Hertford
- Skip hire in Hitchin
- Skip hire in Hoddesdon
- Skip hire in Letchworth
- Skip hire in London Colney
- Skip hire in Potters Bar
- Skip hire in Radlett
- Skip hire in Rickmansworth
- Skip hire in Royston
- Skip hire in Sawbridgeworth
- Skip hire in St Albans
- Skip hire in Stevenage
- Skip hire in Tring
- Skip hire in Waltham Cross
- Skip hire in Ware
- Skip hire in Watford
- Skip hire in Welwyn Garden City
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- Hertfordshire 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.