Permits
Skip permit: Portsmouth City Council
If the skip sits on a public road in the Portsmouth City Council area, you need a highway skip licence. On the council page checked 12 Sep 2026: fee not printed on accessible council page. licence or permit required for skips on the highway in addition to any parking suspension. A skip wholly on private land you control does not need this licence.
Tell the hire firm at booking if it must sit on the road. Do not invent a fee from a third-party site – recheck the council page on the day you book. Do not put the skip on the pavement unless the licence allows it.
When you need one
- Public road or highway in the Portsmouth City 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 Portsmouth City Council publishes: licence or permit required for skips on the highway in addition to any parking suspension; ask the hire firm what Colas/the council will charge. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.
Fee, notice and conditions
Checked Portsmouth City Council’s page on 12 Sep 2026. No pound fee was printed there – we do not invent one. Ask the hire firm what they will be charged.
| Item | What the council published |
|---|---|
| Fee | no skip-licence fee printed on accessible Portsmouth City Council pages (12 Sep 2026); highways enquiries via Colas |
| Notice / who | licence or permit required for skips on the highway in addition to any parking suspension; ask the hire firm what Colas/the council will charge |
| Apply | Portsmouth City Council skip licence page |
Neighbours
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 Portsmouth City Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- Portsmouth City 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.