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Permits

Skip permit: Lancashire County Council

First published 12 September 2026. Last checked 12 September 2026.

If the skip sits on a public road in the Lancashire County Council area, you need a highway skip licence. On the council page checked 12 Sep 2026: £42 per application max 28 days (2026/27 fees schedule). skip company applies. 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

The statutory hook is Highways Act 1980, section 139. National rule: Do I need a skip permit?.

Who applies

Follow what Lancashire County Council publishes: skip company applies; £5m PL. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.

Fee, notice and conditions

Figures below are from Lancashire 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 £42 per application max 28 days (2026/27 fees schedule)
Notice / who skip company applies; £5m PL
Apply Lancashire County Council skip licence page

Neighbours

County map (when live): Skip hire in Lancashire. See all towns for places under this authority.

A sensible order

  1. Can it sit wholly on the drive? If yes, book that and skip the licence.
  2. If it has to go on the road, tell the hire firm at booking. They apply. Give them the notice above.
  3. Check their waste-carrier number – how to check a waste carrier licence.
  4. 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 Lancashire County Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.

All areas: Skip hire by town.

Sources