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Skip Permits in Westminster
Westminster City Council requires a skip licence for any skip placed in the street. A skip on your driveway or other private land doesn't need one. If it has to go on the road, we arrange the licence for you.
| Council | Westminster City Council |
|---|---|
| Licence cost | £91 for one month, covering up to two skips |
| Duration | 1 month |
| Parking bays and yellow lines | A skip in a parking bay or on a yellow line also needs a parking suspension or yellow line dispensation, with one skip allowed per suspension or dispensation |
| How it's applied for | Online through the council, or by emailing the completed application form to [email protected] |
Much of Westminster is made up of busy streets, parking bays and yellow lines, with little off-street space, so a skip often needs both a licence and a bay suspension. Tell us about parking and access when you ask for a quote and we'll arrange what's needed.
Recycling Centre for Westminster Residents
There is no permanent household waste recycling centre in Westminster. Westminster residents use the Smugglers Way Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Wandsworth (SW18), run by the Western Riverside Waste Authority.
| Location | Smugglers Way, Wandsworth SW18 |
|---|---|
| Booking | Residents arriving by car must book a slot before they arrive. Booking slots are available up to a week in advance, and motorbikes do not need to book |
| Proof of address | You will be asked for ID that confirms your name and address |
| Phone bookings | Westminster City Council on 020 7641 2000, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm |
| Other options | Westminster runs a Community Mobile Recycling Centre for hard to recycle items, and micro recycling centres for small electricals, textiles, books and mixed recycling |
With the tip outside the borough and booking needed for every car visit, a skip is often far simpler for a bigger job. For a kitchen or bathroom refit, a garden clearance or clearing out a flat, a skip outside your property saves a lot of trips.
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Westminster and across London.
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 Westminster
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Westminster.