Skip hire in Derby, made simple
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01332-960055Skip hire in Derby & across Derbyshire
We’ve delivered skips across Derby for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the DE postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Derby
Do I need a permit?
A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Derby, a permit is required from Derby City Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Derby
Derby household waste recycling centres
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Derby:
- Raynesway Household Waste Recycling Centre — Raynesway Park Drive, off the A5111, Derby. Operated by Derby City Council. Residents must pre-book — up to 12 visits per year allowed
Derby residents must register their vehicle before visiting. Booking required online via derby.gov.uk. No commercial or trade waste. Derbyshire County Council also operates several sites around the county for surrounding areas.
Why choose Select A Skip in Derby?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most DE postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Derby 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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With more than 25years of trading history we have continuously developed the services we are now able to provide on a nationwide basis.
Choose your skip size in Derby
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Derby.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Derby
Derby is a city in the East Midlands, sitting on the River Derwent around 15 miles west of Nottingham, with a population of around 260,000. It was the Roman settlement of Derventio and later one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw, which gave it its name. Derby's decisive moment in national history came in December 1745, when Charles Edward Stuart's Jacobite army reached the city — the furthest south it would come — and, at the council held at Exeter House, turned back for Scotland, sealing the rising's failure.
Derby has a strong claim to be the birthplace of the factory system. John Lombe's silk mill on an island in the Derwent, completed in 1721, was the first successful water-powered factory in Britain, and it forms the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city's engineering tradition followed: Rolls-Royce has built aero engines in Derby since 1915, and its civil aerospace division remains headquartered here, employing many thousands. The Midland Railway made Derby its headquarters and built its locomotive works here, and Alstom continues to build trains at Litchurch Lane, the last major train factory in Britain.
The city's landmarks include Derby Cathedral, whose sixteenth-century tower is the second highest perpendicular tower in England; the Silk Mill, now the Museum of Making; and Derby Museum and Art Gallery, which holds the world's largest collection of works by Joseph Wright of Derby, the great painter of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. Pride Park Stadium is home to Derby County, founder members of the Football League, and Royal Crown Derby has made porcelain in the city since 1750.
Derby is very well connected, sitting close to the M1 at junctions 24 and 25 with the A38, A50 and A52 serving the city, and Derby station on the Midland Main Line giving services to London St Pancras in around 90 minutes and to Birmingham, Sheffield and Leeds. East Midlands Airport is a short drive south. The Peak District begins a few miles north-west. Neighbouring communities include Allestree, Mickleover, Chaddesden, Spondon, Littleover, Alvaston and Belper.
Housing in Derby ranges from Georgian property around Friar Gate — one of the finest Georgian streets in the Midlands — to Victorian terraces built for the railway and factory workforce across Normanton, Peartree and New Normanton, interwar semis at Allestree and Chaddesden, post-war estates at Mackworth and Sinfin, and modern development at Oakwood and on former industrial land. Derby has a large and long-established South Asian community, and property is affordable relative to the national average, supporting an active renovation and rental market alongside sustained city centre regeneration.