Permits
Skip permit: Surrey County Council
If the skip sits on a public road in the Surrey County Council area, you need a highway skip licence. On the council page checked 12 Sep 2026: £139 for up to 28 days. issue within 2 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 Surrey 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 Surrey County Council publishes: issue within 2 working days; registered companies only; Epsom Market Place via borough. That matches the usual England pattern – the skip company applies.
Fee, notice and conditions
Figures below are from Surrey 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 | £139 for up to 28 days; renewals £139 (apply page); company registration £107 on highway fees page |
| Notice / who | issue within 2 working days; registered companies only; Epsom Market Place via borough |
| Apply | Surrey County Council skip licence page |
Neighbours
County map (when live): Skip hire in Surrey. 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 Surrey County Council. The permit rules on this page apply when the skip sits on the public road.
- Skip hire in Addlestone
- Skip hire in Ash and Ash Vale
- Skip hire in Ashford
- Skip hire in Ashford Common
- Skip hire in Ashtead
- Skip hire in Banstead
- Skip hire in Byfleet
- Skip hire in Camberley
- Skip hire in Caterham
- Skip hire in Chertsey
- Skip hire in Cobham
- Skip hire in Cranleigh
- Skip hire in Dorking
- Skip hire in Egham
- Skip hire in Epsom
- Skip hire in Esher
- Skip hire in Ewell
- Skip hire in Farncombe
- Skip hire in Farnham
- Skip hire in Frimley
- Skip hire in Godalming
- Skip hire in Great Bookham and Fetcham
- Skip hire in Guildford
- Skip hire in Haslemere
- Skip hire in Hersham
- Skip hire in Horley
- Skip hire in Leatherhead
- Skip hire in Oxted
- Skip hire in Redhill
- Skip hire in Reigate
- Skip hire in South Merstham
- Skip hire in Staines-upon-Thames
- Skip hire in Stanwell
- Skip hire in Sunbury-on-Thames
- Skip hire in Tadworth and Epsom Downs
- Skip hire in Walton-on-Thames
- Skip hire in Warlingham
- Skip hire in West Byfleet, Sheerwater and New Haw
- Skip hire in West End and Chobham
- Skip hire in West Molesey
- Skip hire in Weybourne
- Skip hire in Weybridge
- Skip hire in Woking
- Skip hire in Worcester Park and Stoneleigh
- Skip hire in Wrecclesham
All areas: Skip hire by town.
Sources
- Surrey 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.