Skip License: Terms and Conditions

Standard Conditions for a Skip License

Legislation: The Highways Act 1980: Section 139

1) Non-refundable fee
(i) £72 per skip (monthly) – initial application

Payment method :

• By using the self service portal and making payment with a Debit or Credit Card.

2) Extension(s) to the license
(i) £72 per skip (monthly) – non-refundable fee

Payment method :

• By telephoning 01766 771000 (Galw Gwynedd) between 9:00am and 5:00pm and making payment with a Debit or Credit Card.

3) The Applicant Must :

(a) Complete the application at least 5 working days before the required commencement date of the licence.
(b) Not deposit the skip on the Highway until you have received the licence.

4) The skip shall be positioned so that its longer sides are parallel to the edge of the carriageway, footway or verge so that it does not impede the surface water drainage of the highway nor obstruct access to any manhole or the apparatus of any Statutory Undertaker.

5) The actual siting of the skip or skips shall be agreed with the authorised officer of the Council, so as to ensure the minimum inconvenience to the passage of traffic both vehicular and pedestrian. The applicant must adhere to any site-specific traffic management requested by the authority, any noncompliance could render the licence invalid.

6) The applicant will indemnify Cyngor Gwynedd against any distresses, actions, proceedings, claims, demands, costs, damages and expenses which may be levied, brought or made against it by reason of any matter which may rise directly or indirectly as a result of this permission. The minimum Public Liability Limit of Indemnity required is £10 million.

7) Please note that if your public liability insurance expires within the term of the licence it is your responsibility to renew the insurance so that it runs concurrent with the previous policy. Proof of the renewal must be sent to Cyngor Gwynedd as soon as possible. It should be noted that if not received the licence would be deemed invalid.

8) The applicant will be held liable for any damage to the highway structure and/or Statutory Undertakers apparatus resulting from the deposit of skips on the highway and will be responsible for reimbursing Cyngor Gwynedd or its Agent for the actual costs of making good any damage.

9) Where more than one skip is on the highway at any onetime, each skip shall be positioned as closely as possible to each other, but not so as to obstruct access to any premises unless consent of the occupier of those premises has been obtained.

10) No skip shall exceed 5 metres in length by 2 metres in width.

11) Each skip or group of skips shall while on the highway be marked, guarded and lit in accordance with the following requirements :

(a) The end of each skip (that is to say, the sides of the skip facing traffic in both directions when the skip is positioned as mentioned in Condition 3 above) shall be painted yellow and shall be marked in accordance with the requirements of the Builders Skips (Marking) Regulations 1984. The painting and the markings shall at all times be kept clean.
(b) The sides of each skip shall display the name, address or name and telephone number of the skip hirer, so that, in an emergency, the company may be contacted on a 24hour basis.
(c) Each skip shall be guarded by at least 4 traffic cones placed on the carriageway in an oblique line on the approach side of the skip. Where 2 or more skips are deposited in a row, so that the distance between adjacent skips does not exceed 2 metres, the row shall be guarded as if it were one skip.
(d) At night (that is to say between half-an-hour after sunset and half-an-hour before sunrise) an amber lamp shall be placed or attached to each corner of the skip, or the end corners of the row of skips where two or more skips are deposited in a row and the distance between adjacent skips does not exceed 2 metres, and shall also be placed between each cone and the next. Each lamp shall have an illuminated power of not less than 1 candela and shall remain lit throughout the night.

 

12) No skip, when standing in the highway, shall contain any inflammable, explosive, noxious or dangerous material or any material which is likely to purify or which otherwise is, or is likely to become a nuisance to users of the highway.

13) No skip shall be used in such a way that any of its contents fall on to the highway or that there is an escape of dust from the contents of the skip when standing in the highway.

14) The skip shall be removed for emptying as soon as practicable,and in any case not later than 2 working days after it has been filled.

15) No skip shall remain on the highway after the period specified on the licence. An invoice for the non-refundable fee of £72 plus an additional £125 (per month) will be sent for each individual un-licensed skip.

16) All materials placed in each skip shall be properly disposed of and the highway where the skip or skips have been deposited shall be left in a clean and tidy condition on the expiration of this permission.

17) The highway authority or a constable in uniform may require the owner of the skip to remove or reposition it or cause it to be removed or repositioned. Any expenses reasonably incurred in the removal or repositioning of a skip may be recovered from the owner of the skip.

18) No skip shall be positioned less than 15m from a junction unless approved by an authorised officer of the Council. In the event that the skip has to be positioned outside another property, then every effort should be made to notify the affected person.

19) Cyngor Gwynedd may also specify any other relevant conditions relating to the placement of a skip as they seen necessary.