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Skip Permits in Bury
Bury Council issues skip permits for roads in the borough. A skip on your driveway or other private land doesn't need one. If it has to go on the road, the council says it's the skip supplier's job to get the permit, not the householder's or the builder's, and we arrange that for you.
| Council | Bury Council (highways) |
|---|---|
| Permit cost | £55 per permit, or £30 where the skip company is on the council's registration scheme |
| Permit length | Any period from 1 to 28 days. Longer stays need further applications |
| Where a skip can't go | On double yellow lines, within 25m of traffic signals or 15m of a junction, on hills, bends or clearways, on roads narrower than 4.5m, or near bus stops, pedestrian crossings and school zigzags |
| Lighting and marking | Flashing amber lamps on each corner in darkness, poor visibility or bad weather, plus at least four cones on the approach side of a skip on the carriageway |
| Skip placed without a permit | The full permit cost plus reasonable costs, and possible removal and storage charges |
| Applied for by | The skip company. We sort this for you |
With that many placement rules, a skip on a narrow street or near a junction may not be allowed, so tell us about parking and access when you ask for a quote and we'll check what's possible and arrange the permit.
Bury Recycling Centres
There are two recycling centres in the borough, both run through Recycle for Greater Manchester: Bury at Every Street and Radcliffe on Cemetery Road. They share the same opening hours and rules.
| Addresses | Every Street, Bury BL9 5BE. Cemetery Road, Radcliffe M26 4FT |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Summer 8am to 8pm, winter 8am to 6pm, 7 days a week. Closed 25 December and 1 January |
| Visit limits | Number plates are recorded. Cars, including with a single axle trailer, get 52 visits a year. Cars with a twin axle trailer, vans and pickups get 18 visits a year |
| Vans and pickups | A permit is needed for vans, hire vans, pickups and twin axle trailers, applied for through the Recycle for Greater Manchester website. No vans over 5.3m long or 3.5 tonnes |
| Trade waste and asbestos | Not accepted |
If you're in a van, you only get 18 trips a year, and a big job can use them up quickly. For a kitchen or bathroom refit, a garden clearance or clearing out a house, a skip on your drive is usually the simpler option.
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Bury and within a 30 mile radius.
It’s not just a case of how much waste you have! You also need to consider how much room you have on your site and will then need to think about the type of waste you will be disposing of. For example if the waste is heavy (e.g. soil/brick/rubble) then you will be restricted as to how large a skip you can have.
When only a single skip is expected, we strongly believe that it’s better to hire a skip that you may not quite fill, as opposed to ordering a skip which ends up being too small meaning a second skip is then required as a result. In other words it’s better to overestimate than underestimate!
When filling a skip it can only be loaded up to the level of the actual skip itself.
It is important that your site foreman and operatives are aware of this as it is actually against the law for drivers to carry over loaded skips on the highways. Likewise, using boards around the skip in an attempt to increase it’s capacity (known in the trade as ‘greedy boards’) is illegal.
If a driver arrives on site to find an overloaded skip they are likely to turn away and leave without the skip, thus potentially incurring additional transport charges.
Though we try to be as flexible with hire periods as possible, as a general rule the maximum hire period is 7 days.
Of course should your site be an ongoing one where numerous skips are required and exchanged on a regular basis then there is nothing to worry about. If however, you require a skip that is likely to be needed for more than 7 days without exchanges, we request you inform us at the time of ordering as a rental charge may be applicable.
Yes. Though any skip that needs to be sited on a public highway, pavement or council owned verge, first requires permission from the local authority responsible.
Though the charges involved and the length of time it takes an application to be processed varies from council to council, in the vast majority of cases we can arrange the required permit on your behalf. Depending on the local authority in question, application periods can be anything from ‘same day’ to 4 weeks, so when you know that a permit is likely to be required on an upcoming site it is vital that you give us as much notice as possible to avoid any unnecessary delays.
Please also note that as the hirer, the lighting and coning of the skip whilst it is placed on public land is your responsibility, though we are usually able to arrange for the hire of these items on your behalf too.
A standard skip or roll-on-off vehicle usually requires a minimum of 10ft (3.3m) width and approximately 13ft (4m) headroom to safely gain access to a site. If your site access falls a little below these requirements we are able to (in most areas) arrange for smaller skips (depending on waste type) to be delivered on smaller lorries.
If you are in any doubt about the access to your sites, we are here to help, so just ask!
There are certain types of waste that cannot be placed in general waste skips under any circumstances.
Examples of such waste types include (but are not limited to): asbestos, fridges, freezers, batteries, tyres, gas cannisters, paint tins, food waste, fluorescent tubes, liquids, TV sets, computer monitors, plasterboard, electrical items (WEEE), mattresses, tree stumps, tree roots, carpet, vinyl, astroturf, rubber matting & roof felt.
It is vital that you always inform us of exactly what your are intending to dispose of at the time of ordering!
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Local area guide
Skip hire in Bury
Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, sitting on the River Irwell around eight miles north of Manchester city centre, with a population of around 80,000. Its name comes from the Old English for a fort or stronghold, and a castle stood here from the fifteenth century. Bury grew through the Industrial Revolution as a cotton spinning, weaving and calico printing town, with Robert Peel the elder establishing printworks in the area — his son, Sir Robert Peel, was born in Bury in 1788 and went on to become Prime Minister, repeal the Corn Laws and found the modern police force. A statue of him stands in the Market Place.
Bury Market is the town's best-known institution, a large open and covered market trading three days a week that draws visitors from across the north of England and is regularly voted among the best markets in the country. Its most famous product is the Bury black pudding, sold from stalls that have been trading for generations and firmly established as the town's culinary signature. The market's scale and pulling power have shaped Bury's town centre far more than most towns of its size.
The town has strong military and heritage associations. Bury was the depot town of the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose Gallipoli landing at Cape Helles produced the celebrated "six VCs before breakfast", commemorated at the Fusilier Museum and the annual Gallipoli Sunday parade. The East Lancashire Railway, a preserved line, runs steam and heritage diesel services from Bury Bolton Street north through Ramsbottom to Rawtenstall, and is one of the busiest heritage railways in the country. Bury Art Museum holds a notable collection including Turner and Constable.
Bury is well connected, sitting at the northern end of the Metrolink tram network with services to Manchester city centre in around 25 minutes, and close to the M66 and M62. The West Pennine Moors and the Irwell Valley lie immediately north, and neighbouring communities include Radcliffe, Whitefield, Prestwich, Tottington, Ramsbottom and Heywood, all within the metropolitan borough.
Housing in Bury ranges from Victorian and Edwardian terraces built for the mill workforce across Freetown, Elton and Fishpool to substantial stone villas in Walmersley and Tottington, interwar semis, post-war estates at Chesham and Topping Fold, and modern development on former industrial land. Prestwich and Whitefield in the south of the borough are home to one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities in Europe outside London. Property spans a wide range, and Bury's tram link has made it an increasingly popular commuter base for Manchester.