Highway permits for skips

You can leave a skip on the highway (public road) after we have authorised and issued a licence.

The skip must normally be left directly outside the property from where the rubbish and rubble will be removed and must be no longer than five metres and no wider than two metres.

You must put warning lights on the skip from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise. (Sunset and sunrise times are given in national newspapers.) If you do not light the skip, or get a permit, you may be fined up to £1000. There are more permit conditions on the back of the skip permit.

Roll-on, roll-off storage containers are not allowed within the Royal Borough, as they do not meet the Builders Skip (Markings) Regulations 1984, and they are bigger than the maximum measurements of a skip.

Red routes

If you want to put the skip on a red route, you have to get permission from Transport for London (TfL). If you want a bay suspended for a skip you must give us the same notice as you would a normal as you would for a normal suspension.

How do I apply for a permit for a skip?

Email us your name and postal address and we will send a form out to you, alternatively download / print the Application form for a permit/parking suspension to place a builder’s skip on the highway. [PDF file] (file size 92Kb)

You can also call in at the Customer Service Centre at the Kensington town Hall or phone Parking Operations to request a form.

Download / print

Suspension charges notice [PDF file] (File size 23Kb)

We do not accept emailed, faxed or photocopied applications in this case. Please allow plenty of time if you are posting your application to us.

You must give us at least five full working days' notice if you want to suspend a resident parking bay, and at least two full working days' notice to suspend a pay-and-display bay. See table of notice periods for suspension.
We will check where your skip will be positioned before we give you our approval. If the skip will be positioned in a bus stop, you must get permission from London Transport before you apply to us for a permit or to renew a permit.
If we approve your application, we will then send your permit to the address given on your application form.

If you finish with the parking space early, you must tell us by fax or by writing to Parking Operations. If you are due for a refund, we will send it to you.

How do I apply to extend my skip permit?

Fill in a new application form and send it to Parking Operations. Or, you can bring it to the Customer Service Centre at the Kensington Town Hall before your skip permit runs out, and certainly no later than 24 hours before it runs out, as long as this is a working day (Monday to Friday, not a bank or public holiday). With your application, you also need to send us your application fee and any suspension fees that you owe.

We issue these permits, and any renewals, for three months at a time.

For details of charges go to 2008 charges for skip permits, licences, dispensations.

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