If you operate a skip hire business or own skips, you need a permit from the local authority to put a builder's skip on any maintained highway. The authority registers operators who wish to hire out skips to the building trade or the public that may be placed on any maintained highway.
What are the Regulations?
Here is a summary of the Regulation relating to this licence 
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Application evaluation process
The operator will need to carry adequate public liability insurance and be a registered waste carrier.
How to apply
To place a skip on any maintained highway you will first need to register with the local authority then submit a skip licence application form (.pdf, 19Kb).
Registered skip operators
Here is a list of skip operators (.pdf, 16Kb) already registered with the council.
