Harrogate Borough Council

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Transport Services
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Within Harrogate &
Knaresborough Agency Area
Phone: 01423 556565
Fax: 01423 556510
Textphone: 01423 556543
Emergency (out of hours):
08457 089 190
Outside the Agency Area
North Yorkshire County Council
Phone: 0845 8 72 73 74

Licensing

Licensing Services

Contact Form

Tel: 01423 556843
Fax: 01423 556820
08.30-17.15 Mon to Thu
08.30-16.45 Fri

Department of Community Services
Springfield House
Kings Road
Harrogate
HG1 5NX

Related Documents

Licensing Service Delivery Plan 2008.2009 (78 KB, pdf)

Inspection and Enforcement Policy Statement (27.38KB, pdf)

Licensing Act Statement of Licensing Policy (194K, pdf)

Licensing - 'Our Service to You' Leaflet (60KB, pdf)

Skip

Example of a well marked skip

Waste Skip Licences

Permission is required before placing a skip on any part of the highway, for example on the road, pavement or verge. It is the Skip Operator's responsibility to obtain a licence before delivering the skip.

You can check whether the road is classified or unclassified here.

You can apply for a licence by either telephoning our offices or completing an application form online.

By telephone

Please be prepared to provide the following information:

Company name
Phone number
Proposed location for the skip
Start date
End date (2 weeks maximum)

Tel: 01423 556687

Online Application

Please indicate the nature of the proposed works/structure: *	Skip Storage of Building Materials Scaffolding & Hoarding Highway Projection
Is this a request to renew an existing licence?	Yes No
If yes, please state previous licence number:
Start Date: *
End Date: *
Please supply full details so we can assess your proposal:
Full postal address of location in which skip or structure is required/materials are to be stored: *
Length of scaffold/hoarding or fenced area:
Width of scaffold/hoarding or fenced area:
Height of scaffold/hoarding or fenced area:
Width of footway/carriageway on which structure is to be erected or materials are to be stored:
Number of scaffold poles to be erected on the public highway:
HIGHWAY PROJECTION - please supply full details of your proposed display as we have to consider whether the display will constitute an obstruction to highway users and assess if planning permission will be required:
Company Name and Address: *
Contact Name:
Telephone: *
E-mail: *
Fax:
Press once only

We aim to reply within 5 working days.

Guidelines for the control and removal of skips

Highways Act 1980: Sections 139 & 140

Section 139(4) of the Highways Act 1980 requires the owner of a builders skip which has been deposited on the highway to ensure that the skip is properly lighted during the hours of darkness, that it is clearly and indelibly marked with the owners name and with his/her telephone number or address, that the skip is removed as soon as practicable after it has been filled and that each of the Conditions of the highway authority's permission is complied with. Conviction of an offence under the sub section renders the owner liable to a fine not exceeding £100.
Section 139(10) of the Highways Act 1980 provides that nothing in the section shall be taken as authorising the creation of a nuisance or of a danger to users of a highway or as imposing on a highway authority by whom a permission has been granted under the section any liability for any injury, damage or loss resulting from the presence on a highway of the skip to which the permission relates.
Section 139(2) of the Highways Act 1980 empowers the local highway authority to impose Conditions to its permission relating to the siting and lighting of the skip and the removal of the skip at the end of the period of the permission.

Section 139(3) makes it an offence to use a skip in contravention of the Act and specified a fine not exceeding £100. The Council will also remove all unauthorised skips to storage, and the costs incurred recharged to the owner.
Section 140 of the Highways Act 1980 empowers the Highway authority or a police officer to request the removal or re-positioning, or to remove or re-position a builders skip deposited on the highway, even though it was deposited in accordance with the highway authority's permission. Where a skip is removed by the highway authority or a police officer the skip will be placed in storage for a period of 4 weeks. If after this time this skip has not been claimed it will be disposed of and the income raised used to cover the cost of removal. If a skip is claimed the owner will be responsible for removing the skip from storage and paying all costs incurred by the highway authority or police.

Failure to comply with a request to remove or re-position a skip under the section may result in a fine not exceeding £50.
Where more than one skip is on the highway at any one time, the skips shall be positioned as closely as possible to each other, but not so to obstruct access to any premises unless the consent of the occupier of those premises has been obtained.
Each skip shall not exceed 5m in length by 2m in width.
Each skip or group of skips shall while on the highway be marked (guarded) and lit in accordance with the following requirements:

a) The ends of each skip shall be painted yellow and there shall be attached vertically along the outside edge of each end so as to be visible to traffic, a strip of material the composition of which complies with the Builders Skips (Markings) Regulations 1984 (SI 1984 No. 1933) in having broad red fluorescent and yellow reflecting diagonal stripes. The painting and the strip of material shall at all times be kept clean.

b) Between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise a lamp shall be placed against or attached to each corner.

c) Butt 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 2m. Lamps shall comply with the Traffic Signals Regulations and General Directions.

d) The skip shall have the skip company's name and telephone number clearly marked on both sides.
No skip, when standing on the highway, shall contain any inflammable, explosive, noxious or dangerous material which is likely to purify or which otherwise is, or is likely to become, a nuisance to users of the highway. The skip company will be bound by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 - Part 2, The Duty of Care, which means that all skips must be covered to prevent material falling onto the highway.
All skip companies must be registered waste carriers and a licence will only be issued to skip companies that appear on the register.
Unless otherwise stated, skip licences will be valid for a period of 14 days commencing from the day the request was received.
No skip is to be placed within 15m of any road junction, or on classified primary routes where double yellow lines apply (re. A59, A61, A661, A6040, A6055). Any skip which is to be placed upon a marked disc bay, upon double yellow lines, within any pedestrianised area of Harrogate and Knaresborough town centres, or any streets classed as traffic sensitive must be applied for in writing. No skips are permitted in Knaresborough Market Place on Wednesdays due to it being market day.
Skip companies must meet the requirements of the following:-
Highway Act 1980 (Section 139)
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (Section 65)
Builders Skips (Markings) Regulations 1984
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Part 2, The Duty of Care)
Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers & Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991