We'd like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum... Read More » This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are - or become - political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Skip Hire and Permits

DE_612183 · 2022-07-04 08:15:15

Looking for some advice - I want to hire a skip but the road I live on is "unadopted" - as it's a new build. My local council want £50 for a skip permit for putting the skip on the "highway" Is an unadopted road still a highway - or is it private land, and therefore as long as I get approval from the builders / management…

Options

Comments

Section62 Posts: 9,866 Forumite

4 July 2022 at 12:36PM

DE_612183 said:

This is what is on their website...

It would take a while to research the local legislation, but since the first sentence on their webpage - "As the Highway Authority, Cardiff Council has a duty under the Highways Act 1980 Section 139 to control skips placed on the highway" - is wrong, I doubt they have the powers to do what they are doing.

(S139 imposes no such 'duty')

1

★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply

MSE News

British Airways passenger? Book and travel using your old Covid vouchers NOW – or lose them
If you had a British Airways (BA) flight or holiday disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, check if you've got an old voucher as millions of pounds' worth are still unclaimed. You'll need to use it to travel before the end of September 2025 – or risk losing it. Below we explain how to search for unused vouchers and how to use them.

View All

Skip Hire and Permits

Comments

Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply

🚀 Getting Started

Categories

Is this how you want to be seen?

Get our FREE Weekly email full of deals & guides - and it’s spam-free