Permits
Skip permit: Nottinghamshire County Council
If the skip sits on a public road in the Nottinghamshire County Council area, you need a highway skip licence. On the council page checked 12 Sep 2026: £52 per application (Via charge to skip companies. skip company invoiced monthly. 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 Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire County Council publishes: skip company invoiced monthly; ViaEM administers. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.
Fee, notice and conditions
Figures below are from Nottinghamshire 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 | £52 per application (Via charge to skip companies; non-refundable); max 7 days; retrospective without permit £52 |
| Notice / who | skip company invoiced monthly; ViaEM administers |
| Apply | Nottinghamshire County Council skip licence page |
Neighbours
County map (when live): Skip hire in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire County Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
- Skip hire in Arnold
- Skip hire in Balderton
- Skip hire in Beeston
- Skip hire in Bingham
- Skip hire in Calverton
- Skip hire in Carlton
- Skip hire in Cotgrave
- Skip hire in East Leake
- Skip hire in Eastwood
- Skip hire in Forest Town
- Skip hire in Harworth and Bircotes
- Skip hire in Hucknall
- Skip hire in Keyworth
- Skip hire in Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Skip hire in Mansfield
- Skip hire in Mansfield Woodhouse
- Skip hire in New Ollerton and Ollerton
- Skip hire in Newark-on-Trent
- Skip hire in Nuthall and Watnall
- Skip hire in Radcliffe on Trent
- Skip hire in Rainworth
- Skip hire in Retford
- Skip hire in Ruddington
- Skip hire in Stapleford
- Skip hire in Sutton in Ashfield
- Skip hire in West Bridgford
- Skip hire in Worksop
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- Nottinghamshire 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.