What the City of Edinburgh Council charges
| Skip permit | The City of Edinburgh Council |
|---|---|
| Council's fee | £46 for the first 7 days, then £40 to renew |
| Licence length | 7 days |
| Notice | 5 working days |
| Read from | Council's page, 4 Oct 2026 |
The fee is the council's own and carries no VAT. It is what the council's page said on 4 Oct 2026; a council can change its fee, so its own page is the last word. "To renew" is the council's fee for extending the licence; how long each renewal lasts is on the council's own page.
What the permit adds to a booking with us
| Days on the road | Licences | Adds to your total (incl. VAT) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | 1 | £55.20 |
| 14 days | 2 | £103.20 |
| 28 days | 4 | £199.20 |
The figures follow the days the skip stands on the road, and a longer stay can take more than one licence. They are for a booking made with enough notice. Nothing is added for arranging it. While you book, the permit line is shown before VAT, so it reads lower than the figure here.
Two things are not in these figures and are priced when you book: a charge for booking at short notice, and a parking bay suspension where the skip takes a marked bay. In some councils with controlled parking zones, the on-road price you see first assumes a bay is needed until you say it is not.
For 14 days on the road, Waste Central's permit price before VAT is between about £55 and £110 in half of the 171 councils it prices from their published fee. At £86, Edinburgh is within that range.
When you need one
Only when the skip stands on a public road, pavement or verge — the permit is a licence under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 — and on your own drive or land none is needed. Choose the public-road option when you book and the permit is arranged for you, as its own line in the price before you pay. The City of Edinburgh Council's own page asked for 5 working days' notice when it was read (4 Oct 2026). The booking calendar marks the dates that cost more, because a permit arranged at short notice can cost more.
More on skip permits
- Do I need a skip permit? — where one is needed, and what happens without one.
- Every council's skip permit fee — the whole table, with the file to download.
- Skip hire in Edinburgh — prices for a postcode there.
- Get a price for your postcode — every size, with the permit shown before you pay.