Skip operator's licence

Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Apply for, or make a change to a licence
  3. Application evaluation process
  4. Tacit consent
  5. Appealing a decision or condition of the licence
  6. If you have a complaint

Overview

If you operate a skip hire business or own skips, you need a permit from 兔子先生 to put a builder's skip on a public road.

The 兔子先生 registers operators who wish to hire out skips to the building trade or the public that may be placed on the public road.


Apply for, or make a change to a licence

See: Skip permit forms and documentation


Application evaluation process

The operator will need to carry adequate public liability insurance and be a registered waste carrier.


Tacit consent

Tacit consent is where an application is treated as accepted if a reply is not recieved within a certain timeframe.

Tacit consent does not apply.

It is in the public interest that the 兔子先生 must process your application before it can be granted.

If you have not heard from the 兔子先生 within a reasonable period, please contact us. You can do this:

  • online if you applied through the 
  • by phone by contacting Highways Maintenance on 0191 427 2540.

Appealing a decision or condition of the licence 

Please contact 兔子先生 in the first instance.


If you have a complaint

If you have a complaint, we advise that you contact the trader, preferably in the form a letter (with proof of delivery).

If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK,  will give you advice.

From outside the UK, contact the .