Skip hire in Leeds, made simple
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01133-350055Skip hire in Leeds & across West Yorkshire
We’ve delivered skips across Leeds for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the LS postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Leeds
Do I need a permit?
A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Leeds, a permit is required from Leeds City Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Leeds
Leeds household waste recycling centres
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Leeds:
- Kirkstall Household Waste Recycling Centre — Evanston Avenue, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS4 2HR. No car booking needed; asbestos accepted by appointment only.
- Seacroft Household Waste Recycling Centre — Limewood Road, Seacroft, Leeds, LS14 1LU. Booking required — reserve a slot online before arrival.
Leeds runs eight recycling sites and you can only use them if you live within the Leeds City Council boundary; residency and vehicle registration are checked at the entrance. Household waste only — no trade or commercial waste. Vans, pick-ups and trailers need a separate commercial permit. Book slots and check current opening hours at leeds.gov.uk.
Why choose Select A Skip in Leeds?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most LS postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Leeds 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 Leeds
Leeds is the largest city in West Yorkshire, sitting on the River Aire around 190 miles north of London, with a population of around 810,000 in the wider district — one of the largest local authority areas in the country. It grew from a medieval market town into a major centre for wool and cloth, with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and later the railways carrying textiles across the country and the world. When the textile industry declined, Leeds transitioned successfully into financial and professional services, and today it is the largest legal and financial centre outside London, alongside a substantial retail, digital and healthcare economy.
The city centre has an exceptional collection of Victorian architecture, including Cuthbert Brodrick's Leeds Town Hall and Corn Exchange, and a network of ornate shopping arcades — the Victoria Quarter and County Arcade among them — that give Leeds one of the finest retail streetscapes in the country. Other landmarks include Leeds Kirkgate Market, one of the largest indoor markets in Europe and the birthplace of Marks & Spencer, the Royal Armouries at Leeds Dock, Kirkstall Abbey and Temple Works, the extraordinary Egyptian-styled former flax mill in Holbeck. Headingley is one of the most famous cricket grounds in the world, and Elland Road is home to Leeds United.
Leeds is exceptionally well connected, with Leeds station the busiest in the north of England, offering trains to London King's Cross in around two hours 20 minutes and services across Yorkshire and to Manchester, Sheffield and Newcastle. The M1, M62 and A1(M) all serve the city, and Leeds Bradford Airport lies to the north-west. Two large universities give Leeds one of the biggest student populations in the UK. Its neighbourhoods include Headingley, Hyde Park, Burley and Kirkstall to the north-west, Roundhay, Chapel Allerton and Meanwood to the north, Horsforth and Adel further out, and Beeston, Holbeck, Armley and Harehills closer in.
Housing across Leeds is dominated by the back-to-back and through terrace — Leeds has more surviving back-to-backs than anywhere else in the country, concentrated in Harehills, Beeston, Armley and Hyde Park — alongside substantial Victorian villas in Roundhay and Headingley, interwar semis in Moortown and Crossgates, and post-war estates at Seacroft, Middleton and Gipton. The student population supports one of the largest HMO markets in Britain around Hyde Park, Headingley and Burley, refurbished constantly between tenancies, and the South Bank regeneration is one of the largest city centre schemes in Europe.
That scale of terrace renovation, HMO turnover and regeneration work keeps skip hire in Leeds in constant demand, whether it's a back-to-back refurbishment in Harehills, a student let refit in Hyde Park, a loft conversion in Chapel Allerton, a garden clearance in Roundhay or a commercial strip-out around Holbeck or the South Bank. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large construction project, and because the terraced and back-to-back streets have no off-road parking whatsoever and many operate residents' parking schemes, a permit from Leeds City Council will very often be needed — and access on the tighter back-to-back streets is worth planning before the job starts. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for the permit to be arranged.
Choose your skip size in Leeds
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Leeds.