London Skip Hire Prices 2020

Skip Hire Prices & License Permit Costs in London 2020

The average hire price in London for a 6-yard skip is £265 (£221 + VAT) and for an 8-yard skip is £283 (£236 + VAT). These prices are for a skip located off the road (eg. in a driveway).  Rates don’t really vary if you hire the skip for a few days or for a couple of weeks.  This is because the main costs to the skip company are the delivery, collection and disposal, and not the loan of the skip.

Bear in mind that these average prices do NOT mean this is how much you should expect to pay for your skip in every London borough. In fact skip rates still vary quite significantly depending on where exactly you are in London. North West London for example is one of the cheaper areas. This is because the depots of several skip companies are based there and so their lorries do not need to travel as far to drop or collect your skip.  This impacts their costs and hence the rates that they will charge you.

But the basic skip price is normally only part of the overall cost question. Remember we’re in London, where parking is a very limited – so, unless you have space at your property to place the skip off the road, you will have to pay extra for a skip permit license from the council. Plus, if the area has controlled parking, you will also have to pay for a parking suspension.  These fees are imposed by the borough council to discourage skips from cluttering up their streets and taking up parking spots.  The average cost in London for a 7-day skip permit is £67 (most permits last at least 7 days, rather than being charged daily). The average cost for a 1 day parking bay suspension is around £40.

This table shows how prices (including VAT) vary across London for hiring a 6-yard skip for mixed general waste for 7 days assuming the skip is placed on a road in a CPZ area (and therefore needs a skip permit and a parking suspension).

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London Skip Hire Price Table 2020 (with permits)

London borough	6 Yard Builders’ Skip1	Skip Hire Permit*	Permit Min. Duration	Parking Bay Suspension*	Parking Suspension Duration	Total Cost for 7 Days*
Barking & Dagenham	£265	£54	14 days	£390	7 days	£679
Barnet	£265	£55	14 days	£55	Per day	£705
Bexley	£265	£47	14 days	£20	Per day	£453
Brent	£265	£54	14 days	£46	Per day	£641
Bromley	£265	£38	14 days	£20	Per day	£443
Camden	£265	£55	14 days	£57	Per day	£720
City of London	£265	No skips are allowed to be placed on the road
Croydon	£265	£51	14 days	£40	Per day	£596
Ealing	£265	£50	14 days	£50	Unlimited	£365
Enfield	£265	£58	14 days	£15.80	Per day	£435
Greenwich	£265	£49	28 days	£67 / £24	1st day / extra day(s)	£525
Hackney	£265	£80	28 days	£25	Per day	£520
Hammersmith & Fulham	£265	£75	28 days	£44 / £66	5 days / extra day(s)	£692
Haringey	£265	£87	28 days	£26	Per day	£533
Harrow	£265	£57	14 days	£66	14 days	£388
Havering	£265	£75	14 days	£35	Per day	£585
Hillingdon	£265	£40	14 days	£31	Per day	£522
Hounslow	£265	£86	14 days	£48 / £18	1st day / extra day(s)	£508
Islington	£265	£95	Per month	£99.40 / £31.65	1st day / extra day(s)	£649
Kensington & Chelsea	£265	£95	3 months	£56 / £84	5 days / extra day(s)	£808
Kingston upon Thames	£265	£125	Per month	£25	Per day	£565
Lambeth	£265	£60	Per month	£41.82	Per day	£618
Lewisham	£265	£60	Per month	£30	Per day	£535
Merton	£265	£60	28 days	£25	Per day	£500
Newham	£265	£30	7 days	Meter	Meter	£514
Redbridge	£265	£165	Per month	£30	Per day	£640
Richmond upon Thames	£265	£75	21 days	£39	Per day	£613
Southwark	£265	£80	28 days	£20	Per day	£485
Sutton	£265	£80	14 days	£20	Per day	£485
Tower Hamlets	£265	£48	14 days	£44	Per day	£622
Waltham Forest	£265	£70	14 days	£75 / £35	1st day / extra day(s)	£620
Wandsworth	£265	£36	14 days	£49	Per day	£647
Westminster	£265	£78	28 days	£78	Per day	£889

_Source: AnyJunk (March 2020)
_* _additional administration fees may apply (varies by each local autho__rity)
_1 Average London skip hire price (inc.VAT) for a 6-yard skip for mixed general waste 

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Man & Van Rubbish Clearance Service is up to 50% CHEAPER in London than Skip Hire

Unlike hiring a skip, man & van rubbish clearance only requires a single visit to site (whereas a skip lorry goes twice – once to drop off, once to collect), so it is normally considerably cheaper because the associated logistical costs are lower.  In addition, with a man & van collection you don’t need to pay extra for a permit or CPZ suspension – which in London in particular, can add a lot more to the total cost.

To compare prices for skip hire and man & van rubbish clearance in your London area, click here.

Other resources:

• UK skip hire prices survey 2020
• bulky waste disposal and rubbish collection during Coronavirus
• skip hire guide
• man & van rubbish clearance guide
• skip size guide
• London skip permit rates
• skip bag collection