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Skip Permits in Telford
Telford and Wrekin Council issues the licence for a skip on the public highway. Only licensed skip operators can apply, so we arrange it for you.
| Who applies | The skip operator, not the customer. The operator must hold insurance of up to £5,000,000 and indemnify the council. |
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| Fee | £100, a non-refundable administrative charge. Processing does not start until it is paid. |
| Approval | A skip must not go on the highway without the council's prior written approval. If there is no reply within ten working days, the council asks to be contacted. |
| Size and marking | No more than 5m long and 2m wide. The owner's name and address or phone number must be marked on one long side, with yellow ends and red and yellow reflective stripes. |
| Where it can go | Not within 20m of a junction or 50m of a Pelican crossing or traffic island. Not on zigzag markings, and it must not block drains, access, hydrants, footpaths or cycle paths. It must be visible from 75m in both directions. |
| Lighting | A road danger lamp on each corner from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise. |
| On your drive | No licence needed on private property. Tell us at booking. |
With the council's ten working day window, book early if the skip has to go on the road. Tell us at booking where it will sit and we will confirm whether a licence is needed.
Telford Household Recycling Centres
Telford has two household recycling centres, Hortonwood and Halesfield. Both are run by Telford and Wrekin Council and are for residents only.
| Sites | Hortonwood HRC, Hortonwood 50, Hortonwood, Telford TF1 7AA. Halesfield HRC, Halesfield, Telford. |
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| Opening hours | Both sites 9am to 5pm, seven days a week. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Open on other bank holidays. |
| Proof of address | Access is limited to Telford and Wrekin Council residents. Bring a recent utility bill, a driving licence, or digital ID showing your address. A TF postcode alone does not make you a resident. |
| Vehicles | Cars, 4x4s with rear seats, people carriers and campervans up to 5.5m need no permit. Vans up to 3.5 tonnes, pick-ups and any vehicle with a trailer need an E-permit. Vans over 3.5 tonnes, flatbeds, tippers, Luton vans and horse boxes are not allowed. |
| Plasterboard | Accepted at both sites. |
| Soil and rubble | Accepted at both sites. |
| Asbestos | Accepted at both sites under special rules. Check with site staff first. |
| Trade waste | Not accepted. This includes waste from builders, landlords and people clearing another person's property. |
A skip saves you the E-permit, the vehicle limits and the repeat trips, and takes trade and bulky waste that the tip refuses. Pick a size from our guide below and we will deliver it to your door.
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Telford 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!
Local area guide
Skip hire in Telford
Telford is a new town in Shropshire, around 13 miles east of Shrewsbury, and the largest town in the county with a population of around 155,000. It was designated in 1963 as Dawley New Town and renamed in 1968 after Thomas Telford, the civil engineer who built much of Shropshire's road and canal infrastructure. Rather than a single historic core, Telford was built by joining together a group of existing settlements — including Wellington, Oakengates, Dawley, Madeley and Hadley — with new housing, industrial estates and a purpose-built town centre in between.
The area's industrial heritage is internationally significant, as Telford takes in the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where Abraham Darby first smelted iron using coke and where the world's first iron bridge was cast in 1779. The Ironbridge Gorge Museums, including Blists Hill Victorian Town and Coalbrookdale, draw visitors from around the world. Closer to the centre, Telford Town Park offers 180 hectares of green space, and the Telford Shopping Centre and Southwater development form the commercial and leisure heart of the town, alongside the Telford International Centre.
Telford is well placed for transport, with the M54 running through the north of the town connecting to the M6 and the West Midlands, and Telford Central station offering services to Birmingham, Shrewsbury and beyond. The town is made up of a patchwork of distinct areas, including the older market towns of Wellington and Oakengates, the settlements of Madeley, Dawley, Ironbridge and Newport nearby, and the newer residential districts of Hollinswood, Randlay, Brookside, Sutton Hill, Leegomery, Priorslee, Lawley and Muxton.
Housing in Telford is unusually varied for a town of its size, ranging from Georgian and Victorian properties in Wellington, Ironbridge and Madeley to large volumes of 1960s and 1970s new town housing across Brookside, Sutton Hill, Woodside and Stirchley, and extensive modern estates at Lawley, Priorslee and Muxton built over the last two decades. Much of the original new town housing is now reaching an age where kitchens, bathrooms, windows and full refurbishments are due, and the town continues to expand with new residential development on its edges.
That combination of ageing new town stock and ongoing development keeps skip hire in Telford in steady demand, whether it's a house renovation in Wellington, a garden clearance in Muxton, a bathroom and kitchen refit in Brookside or a unit strip-out on one of the industrial estates at Halesfield, Stafford Park or Hortonwood. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large building project, and because most Telford properties were built with driveways and off-road parking, skips can often be placed on private land without a permit, though one will be needed from Telford and Wrekin Council if the skip has to sit on the road. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for any permit to be arranged.
Choose your skip size in Telford
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Telford.