Permits
Skip permit: Sefton Council
If the skip sits on a public road in the Sefton Council area, you need a highway skip licence. On the council page checked 12 Sep 2026: £23 per skip per week. skip owners (suppliers) apply online. 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 Sefton 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 Sefton Council publishes: skip owners (suppliers) apply online. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.
Fee, notice and conditions
Figures below are from Sefton 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 | £23 per skip per week; high amenity/congestion £43/week; illegal £103 (2026/27) |
| Notice / who | skip owners (suppliers) apply online |
| Apply | Sefton 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 Sefton Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
- Skip hire in Bootle
- Skip hire in Crosby
- Skip hire in Formby
- Skip hire in Litherland
- Skip hire in Maghull
- Skip hire in Southport
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- Sefton 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.