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Skip Permits in Porthmadog
If your skip has to go on a public road, pavement or grass verge in Porthmadog, it needs a permit from Gwynedd Council. Only skip hire companies can apply, so we handle this for you when you book.
| Council | Gwynedd Council |
|---|---|
| Permit fee | £74, the same for a renewal |
| Permit length | Up to 1 month. Renew before it expires if you need longer |
| Notice | At least 5 working days before the start date |
| Private land | No permit needed on a driveway or private land |
| Contact | 01766 771 000 |
We confirm the final cost and timings at booking.
Nearest Recycling Centre to Porthmadog
The nearest council site is Rhwngddwyryd Recycling Centre at Garndolbenmaen, a short drive from Porthmadog. Harlech is the next closest.
| Site | Rhwngddwyryd Recycling Centre, Garndolbenmaen, LL51 9PJ |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | 9am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday |
| Booking | You must book a slot before you visit, online or on 01766 771000 |
| Vans and trailers | Vans need a Recycling Centre Van Permit before booking. Trailers up to 2.4m by 1.2m are allowed |
| Who can use it | Household waste only. Business and trade waste is not accepted |
Please check the council website before you travel, as rules can change. A skip saves repeated trips to the tip. We deliver it, leave it for as long as you need and collect it when it is full.
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Porthmadog 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!
Choose your skip size in Porthmadog
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Porthmadog.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Porthmadog
Porthmadog is a coastal town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, sitting where the Glaslyn meets Tremadog Bay at the southern edge of Eryri, with a population of around 4,200. It is an entirely artificial creation. In 1811 William Alexander Madocks completed the Cob, a mile-long embankment across the Traeth Mawr estuary, reclaiming thousands of acres of land and — by accident — scouring a deep-water channel that made a harbour possible. The town that grew behind it took his name.
Porthmadog became the great slate port of Eryri. The Ffestiniog Railway, opened in 1836, brought slate down thirteen miles from the quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog on a continuous gravity gradient, the loaded wagons running down by their own weight with horses walking back up in special wagons behind. Steam locomotives followed in 1863, making it one of the first narrow-gauge lines in the world to use them, and by the 1870s Porthmadog was shipping slate to roof buildings across Europe, the Americas and Australia. The harbour built a fleet of ocean-going sailing ships — the Western Ocean Yachts, famous for speed — in yards along the shore.
The slate trade collapsed, but the Ffestiniog Railway survives as the world's oldest surviving railway company, preserved by volunteers from 1954 and now one of the great heritage lines. It shares Porthmadog Harbour Station with the Welsh Highland Railway, restored along its full 25 miles through the Aberglaslyn Pass to Caernarfon — together the longest narrow-gauge network of its kind in Britain.
Immediately east lies Portmeirion, the Italianate fantasy village built by Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 on his own peninsula — a collection of salvaged and invented buildings in pastel colours around a piazza, and the setting for The Prisoner. It is among the most visited attractions in Wales.
Porthmadog sits on the A487 and A497, with Porthmadog station on the Cambrian Coast Line giving services to Pwllheli and south to Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Eryri's peaks rise immediately behind, with Snowdon and the Moelwynion close by.
Housing is largely traditional, with Victorian stone and rendered terraces along the High Street and around the harbour, older cottages in Tremadog — a planned Regency village by Madocks — and modern development on the edges, with holiday lets and second homes a very significant presence.