Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: August 2026

These Terms & Conditions apply to services supplied by Blackpool Skip Hire Limited through this website and, where applicable, to bookings made with us by telephone, email or in person.

Please read these Terms & Conditions carefully before placing an order. By placing an order with us, you agree to be bound by these terms.

Who We Are

Blackpool Skip Hire Limited
Company Number: 04637688
Environment Agency Waste Carrier Registration: CBDU579157
Registered as an Upper Tier Waste Carrier, Broker and Dealer

Trading Address:
Beacon Road
Poulton Industrial Estate
Poulton-le-Fylde
Lancashire
FY6 8JE

Registered Office:
13 Rossall Road
Thornton-Cleveleys
Lancashire
FY5 1AP

Telephone: 01253 892020
Email: sales@skipsinblackpool.co.uk
Website: https://www.blackpool-skiphire.co.uk

About These Terms

These terms apply primarily to skip hire booked through our website. Where relevant, they may also apply to other waste management services supplied by Blackpool Skip Hire Limited.

Grab hire, roll-on roll-off containers, commercial contracts, demolition, site clearance and other specialist services may be subject to additional requirements or separately agreed terms.

If you are booking on behalf of a company, organisation, property owner or another person, you confirm that you have authority to make the booking and agree to these terms on their behalf.

You must be at least 18 years old to place an order with us. If the service is required by somebody under the age of 18, the booking must be made by an adult who accepts responsibility for the contract.

Placing an Order

When placing an order, you are responsible for providing accurate information including:

Your name and contact details
The delivery and collection address
The correct postcode
The intended location of the skip
Whether the skip will be placed on private property or a road/public area
The type of waste being disposed of
Any specialist or chargeable items being placed in the skip
Your requested delivery and collection dates

You are responsible for selecting a skip which is suitable for both the amount and type of waste you intend to dispose of.

If you are unsure which skip or waste type is suitable, please contact us before placing your order.

An online order is subject to availability and acceptance by us. We may contact you if there is a problem with your booking, requested dates, permit, waste type, access or any other information supplied.

Prices and Payment

The price payable is the price shown during the booking and checkout process, including any selected extras, permit charges, additional hire charges and VAT where applicable.

Unless you have an approved credit account with us, payment is required when placing your order.

Additional charges may become payable where circumstances differ from those declared when the booking was made. This may include:

Extending the agreed hire period
Undeclared specialist or chargeable waste
Incorrectly described or contaminated waste
An overloaded or unsafe skip
A failed delivery or collection caused by inadequate access or circumstances within the customer’s control
Additional permit costs
Additional handling, transport or specialist disposal costs
Damage to our skip or equipment caused while it is in the customer’s care

Any additional charge will be reasonable and related to the additional service, disposal cost, loss or expense incurred.

We may request payment of additional charges before carrying out a collection or other further service where appropriate.

Delivery and Collection Dates

We will make reasonable efforts to deliver and collect your skip on the dates requested or confirmed.

Where our booking system allows you to select a morning, afternoon or other preferred time, this is a preference only unless we have expressly confirmed a specific time with you.

Exact delivery and collection times cannot normally be guaranteed because our services depend on vehicle routes, traffic, access, disposal site conditions and other operational circumstances.

If we are unable to provide the service on the agreed date, we will make reasonable efforts to contact you and arrange an alternative.

Nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights where a delay amounts to a failure to provide the service as agreed.

Standard Hire Period

Unless otherwise stated during booking, our standard online skip hire period is 7 days.

If you require the skip for longer, additional hire charges may apply. Any applicable additional hire charge will be shown during booking or agreed with you.

If you need to extend the hire period after delivery, please contact us as soon as possible. An extension is subject to availability and, where the skip is on a public highway, the validity or extension of any required permit.

If you request collection within the agreed hire period, we will not charge additional hire solely because collection takes place later due to a delay caused by us.

Delivery Access

You are responsible for ensuring that there is safe and suitable access to the requested delivery location for a large and heavy skip lorry.

This includes ensuring there is sufficient:

Road and driveway width
Height clearance
Turning space
Ground strength and stability
Clearance from parked vehicles and other obstructions
Clearance from walls, buildings, gates, trees, cables and other structures

You must tell us before delivery about anything that could affect the safety of the vehicle or skip, including weak paving, soft ground, drains, manhole covers, cellars, septic tanks, underground services, low cables or restricted access.

Our driver has the final decision on whether it is safe and practical to enter a property or place a skip in the requested location.

We will not require a driver to make a delivery or collection that they reasonably consider unsafe, unlawful or likely to cause unacceptable damage.

If we cannot deliver or collect because suitable access has not been provided or because information supplied to us was incorrect, a reasonable failed delivery or collection charge may apply.

Placement on Private Property

Skip lorries and loaded skips are extremely heavy. You are responsible for ensuring that any driveway, paving, yard or other private surface is suitable for the weight of the vehicle and skip.

Where appropriate, we recommend protecting block paving, tarmac or other vulnerable surfaces with suitable boards or other protection before delivery.

We will take reasonable care when delivering and collecting skips.

However, we cannot accept responsibility for damage arising solely because a surface, underground structure or access route was not capable of safely supporting the normal weight or operation of the vehicle or skip, provided that the damage was not caused by negligence on our part.

If you ask our driver to place a skip in a particular position after being advised that the location may present a risk, we may refuse to place it there.

Skips on Roads and Public Highways

Under section 139 of the Highways Act 1980, a builder’s skip must not be placed on a public highway without the permission of the relevant highway authority.

Within the Blackpool borough, skip permits are issued by Blackpool Council. For locations elsewhere in Lancashire, including much of Wyre and Fylde, permits are generally issued by Lancashire County Council as the highway authority. The authority responsible will depend on the exact delivery location.

You must accurately tell us during booking whether the skip will be placed entirely on private property or on a road, highway or other public/non-private area.

Where a permit is required and our service includes arranging it, Blackpool Skip Hire will apply for the permit as the skip operator. Customers should not normally attempt to obtain the skip permit themselves unless we specifically advise otherwise.

Permit approval is controlled by the relevant highway authority and is outside our direct control. A requested delivery date may therefore need to be changed if approval has not been received in time.

Permit fees, processing times, permitted durations and conditions vary between authorities. The applicable charge will be shown during booking or confirmed with you.

Conditions may include requirements concerning the position of the skip, visibility, lighting, cones, markings and other safety measures.

You must not move a skip from its permitted position or remove, cover, interfere with or damage any lights, cones, markings or other safety equipment associated with it.

Please contact us immediately if safety equipment is damaged, removed or interfered with.

If a skip on the highway becomes full before the planned collection date, please notify us promptly so that collection can be arranged.

If a permit needs extending because you wish to keep the skip beyond the permitted period, additional permit and hire charges may apply.

Loading the Skip

The skip must be loaded safely and evenly.

Waste must not extend above the top edge of the skip. This is commonly referred to as a level load.

You must not:

Load waste above the sides of the skip
Use boards, doors or other materials to artificially increase the capacity of the skip
Allow items to protrude dangerously from the skip
Load the skip in a way which makes it unstable or unsafe to transport
Exceed any weight or material restriction stated for the particular skip

If a skip is overloaded or unsafe to transport, our driver may refuse to collect it until enough material has been removed or rearranged.

A reasonable failed collection charge and additional hire charges may apply where a collection cannot take place because the skip has been overloaded or loaded unsafely.

Heavy Waste, Soil and Hardcore

Soil, bricks, concrete, rubble, hardcore and other dense materials are extremely heavy and must only be placed in a skip that is suitable for that type and quantity of waste.

If you book a skip specifically for soil and hardcore, the load should consist only of the materials permitted for that waste type unless we have agreed otherwise.

General waste must not be mixed into an inert soil and hardcore load where doing so would cause the load to require different processing or disposal.

Large-volume skips intended for lighter general waste must not be filled with dense materials such as soil, concrete, bricks or rubble where the product description states that those materials are unsuitable.

If waste has been incorrectly described or a load has been contaminated with another waste type, we may need to reclassify the load and charge the reasonable additional processing or disposal cost.

Prohibited Waste

Certain materials must not be placed in our skips.

Unless Blackpool Skip Hire has expressly agreed in advance and arranged an appropriate specialist service, the following are prohibited:

Asbestos or asbestos-containing materials
Batteries, including vehicle batteries, lead-acid batteries, lithium batteries, rechargeable batteries and household batteries
Vapes and e-cigarettes, including disposable vapes, rechargeable vapes and vaping devices containing batteries
Chemicals
Solvents and thinners
Liquid paint, wet paint or paint chemicals
Oil, fuel, petrol, diesel or other petroleum products
Liquids of any kind unless expressly agreed
Hazardous, toxic, corrosive, reactive or flammable waste
Gas cylinders, gas bottles or other pressurised cylinders
Clinical or medical waste
Needles, syringes, sharps or potentially infectious material
Animal remains, animal waste or faeces
Fluorescent tubes and similar hazardous lamps
Explosives, ammunition, fireworks or explosive materials
Radioactive material
Hot ashes, burning material or anything capable of causing a fire
Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed or other invasive non-native plant material, including contaminated soil, unless specifically agreed with us in advance
Upholstered domestic seating that may contain Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), unless it has been declared and specifically accepted by us under the appropriate arrangements
Any material which is illegal to possess, transport or dispose of through the service booked

If you are unsure whether an item can be placed in a skip, please contact us before placing it in the skip.

Specialist and Chargeable Items

Some items require separate or specialist processing but may be accepted when they are declared in advance and the appropriate service or additional disposal charge is agreed.

Depending on the service and options available during booking, these may include:

Mattresses
Televisions
Computer monitors and screens
Tyres
Fridges
Freezers
Other electrical items requiring specialist processing
Upholstered domestic seating, such as sofas and armchairs, where we have specifically agreed appropriate POPs-waste arrangements

Where an item is available as an extra during checkout, you must select the correct quantity when placing your order.

If a specialist item is found in a skip without having been declared and paid for where required, we may request payment of the applicable additional handling and disposal charge.

Acceptance of a particular specialist item is not guaranteed simply because we have accepted similar items previously. If an item is not shown as an available option during booking, please contact us before placing it in the skip.

Upholstered Seating and POPs Waste

Waste upholstered domestic seating can contain Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and is subject to specific waste-management requirements.

This can include items such as sofas, sofa beds, armchairs, recliners, upholstered dining chairs, upholstered stools and footstools, futons, bean bags and other household-type upholstered seating containing fabric, leather, synthetic coverings or foam.

Do not place upholstered domestic seating in a general mixed-waste skip unless you have declared it to us and we have specifically confirmed that it can be accepted under the arrangements for your booking.

Where we agree to accept upholstered seating, you must follow any instructions we give you about how it is to be stored, loaded or kept separate from other waste.

Do not cut up, dismantle, shred, crush or deliberately damage upholstered seating before collection unless we have specifically instructed you to do so.

If upholstered seating containing or potentially containing POPs is mixed with other waste, the affected waste may need to be managed as POPs-contaminated waste unless the item can be separated without contaminating the remainder of the load.

If contamination has occurred, substantially higher specialist treatment and disposal costs may result. Where undeclared upholstered seating has caused additional handling, treatment or disposal costs, we may charge the reasonable additional cost incurred.

Plasterboard and Gypsum Waste

Plasterboard and other gypsum-based materials require separate handling and must not simply be mixed into general waste without prior agreement.

If you need to dispose of plasterboard, please tell us before or during booking so that we can advise you on the appropriate disposal method.

Where we require plasterboard to be separated from other waste, you must follow the instructions provided.

Undeclared, Incorrectly Described or Prohibited Waste

You are responsible for accurately describing the waste you intend to dispose of and for ensuring that prohibited waste is not placed in the skip.

If prohibited, hazardous, contaminated or incorrectly declared waste is discovered, we may:

Refuse to collect the skip until the material has been safely removed where appropriate
Require specialist handling, segregation, treatment or disposal
Quarantine or isolate material where appropriate
Reclassify the waste where required
Charge the reasonable additional cost of handling, transport, treatment or disposal
Notify the Environment Agency, local authority, emergency services or another appropriate authority where required by law or necessary for safety

Never attempt to remove hazardous material yourself if doing so would be unsafe. Contact us for advice.

Waste Duty of Care

Waste producers, holders, carriers, brokers, dealers and other persons handling controlled waste have legal responsibilities under the waste Duty of Care, including section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Blackpool Skip Hire Limited is registered with the Environment Agency as an Upper Tier Waste Carrier, Broker and Dealer under registration number CBDU579157. Our registration can be verified using the Environment Agency’s public register.

Customers must provide an accurate description of the waste and must not knowingly place prohibited, hazardous or incorrectly described waste into a skip.

Householders should take reasonable steps to ensure that their waste is transferred only to an authorised person.

Business customers remain responsible for complying with their own Waste Duty of Care obligations. Where required, appropriate waste transfer documentation or equivalent records will be completed in connection with the transfer of business waste.

We may request additional information where this is reasonably necessary to correctly describe, classify, transport, treat or dispose of the waste.

Fires and Burning Waste

You must not light a fire in a skip or place burning, smouldering or excessively hot material into it.

This includes the burning of rubbish, timber, garden waste or any other material inside the skip.

You may be responsible for the reasonable cost of repairing or replacing a skip and dealing with any damaged or contaminated waste where a fire has been caused by you or someone for whom you are responsible.

If a skip catches fire, move away from it, contact the emergency services where necessary and notify us as soon as it is safe to do so.

Our Skips Remain Our Property

All skips and containers supplied by Blackpool Skip Hire remain our property at all times.

You must not:

Move or relocate the skip without our permission
Alter, paint or modify the skip
Remove identification or safety markings
Allow another waste company to remove the skip
Use the skip for any purpose other than the service agreed

You must take reasonable care of the skip while it is at your property or under your control.

Where a skip is lost or damaged because of deliberate acts, misuse or a failure to take reasonable care, we may seek the reasonable cost of repair or replacement.

Responsibility for the Skip While on Hire

You should take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised use of the skip while it is on hire to you.

This is particularly important where a skip is located on a road, public area or another location accessible to third parties.

Please contact us promptly if you become aware that hazardous, prohibited or suspicious material has been placed in the skip by another person.

Waste found in the skip at collection will normally need to be handled as part of the load. Additional costs may therefore arise where undeclared specialist, contaminated or prohibited waste has been deposited in it.

Collection of the Skip

On the agreed or requested collection date, you must ensure that our driver can safely access the skip.

Please ensure that:

Gates and access routes are open where required
Vehicles are not blocking access
The skip has not been moved from its original position
The skip is not overloaded
Nothing is dangerously protruding from the skip
No prohibited waste has been placed in it
The surrounding area is safe for our driver and vehicle

If we cannot safely collect the skip because of circumstances within your control, a reasonable failed collection charge and any applicable additional hire charges may be payable.

We may collect a skip before the scheduled collection date where this is reasonably necessary for safety, legal or permit reasons. Where practicable, we will contact you first.

Consumer Cancellation Rights

If you are a consumer and enter into a skip-hire contract with us online, by telephone or through another distance-selling method, you have a statutory right to cancel the service contract within 14 days of the contract being entered into, subject to the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.

You do not need to give us a reason for exercising your statutory cancellation right.

If you ask us to deliver a skip, apply for a permit or otherwise begin providing the service during the 14-day cancellation period, we are required to obtain an express request from you to begin providing the service early.

If you subsequently cancel after the service has begun at your express request, you may be required to pay a reasonable and proportionate amount for the service actually supplied before you told us that you wished to cancel.

This may include, where applicable and permitted by law, work already carried out, delivery or collection services and unavoidable costs incurred in arranging a highway permit at your request.

If the service is fully performed within the cancellation period after you have expressly requested early performance and acknowledged that your cancellation right will be lost once the service is fully performed, your statutory right to cancel may end at that point.

If you cancel before we have started providing the service and before we have incurred any chargeable cost at your request, we will normally refund the amount you have paid.

Refunds due following the valid exercise of a statutory cancellation right will be made in accordance with the applicable consumer legislation.

If you wish to cancel an order, please contact us as soon as possible on 01253 892020 or email sales@skipsinblackpool.co.uk.

Cancellation Form

You may use the following form to tell us that you wish to cancel a consumer contract. You do not have to use this form; any clear statement telling us that you wish to cancel is acceptable where you have a legal right to cancel.

To:
Blackpool Skip Hire Limited
Beacon Road
Poulton Industrial Estate
Poulton-le-Fylde
Lancashire
FY6 8JE
Email: sales@skipsinblackpool.co.uk

I give notice that I wish to cancel my contract for the following skip hire or other service:

Order number: _______________________________
Service ordered: _______________________________
Date ordered: _______________________________
Customer name: _______________________________
Customer address: _______________________________
_______________________________________________
Signature, if sent on paper: _______________________________
Date: _______________________________

Cancellation or Changes by Us

Occasionally we may need to cancel, delay or change a booking because of circumstances such as:

Vehicle breakdown
Severe weather
Road closures or access restrictions
Permit delays or refusal
Safety concerns
Operational disruption outside our reasonable control

Where this happens, we will make reasonable efforts to contact you and offer an alternative date or other appropriate solution.

If we cannot provide the service and no reasonable alternative is acceptable, we will refund the amount paid for the service we are unable to provide.

Business Customers

If you are booking wholly or mainly for purposes relating to your trade, business, craft or profession, you are a business customer rather than a consumer.

Consumer cancellation rights which apply specifically to consumers do not generally apply to business bookings.

Business customers are responsible for giving us sufficient and accurate information to describe and classify their waste and for complying with their own Waste Duty of Care obligations.

Where required, waste transfer documentation will record the transfer of waste and the relevant waste description. Business customers should retain waste documentation for the period required by applicable waste legislation.

Where you have a commercial account, credit agreement, waste contract or separately negotiated terms with us, those agreed terms will apply in addition to these Terms & Conditions and will take priority where they expressly differ.

Our Responsibility to You

We will provide our services with reasonable care and skill.

Nothing in these Terms & Conditions excludes or restricts any liability which cannot legally be excluded or restricted.

In particular, nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

We are not responsible for losses which were not reasonably foreseeable when the contract was entered into or which result from circumstances outside our reasonable control, except where the law provides otherwise.

If you are a consumer, we are not responsible for business losses such as loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption or loss of business opportunity arising from a service purchased for domestic or private use.

Your Statutory Rights

Nothing in these Terms & Conditions is intended to remove, restrict or reduce any rights you have under applicable consumer law.

If you are a consumer, services supplied by us must be provided with reasonable care and skill and in accordance with the rights and protections given to you by UK law.

Privacy and Personal Information

We process personal information in accordance with our separate Privacy Policy.

You can read our Privacy Policy here: Blackpool Skip Hire Privacy Policy.

Complaints and Alternative Dispute Resolution

If you are unhappy with any part of our service, please contact us as soon as possible so that we have an opportunity to investigate and resolve the issue.

You can contact us by telephone on 01253 892020 or email sales@skipsinblackpool.co.uk.

We will consider complaints fairly and provide you with the outcome once we have investigated the matter.

If we are required by legislation, the terms of your contract or another binding arrangement to participate in an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) or other complaint-resolution scheme, we will provide information about the relevant arrangement when communicating the outcome of your complaint where required.

Nothing in this section prevents you from exercising any right you may have to bring legal proceedings.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms & Conditions from time to time to reflect changes to our services, prices, business practices or legal requirements.

The terms applying to your order will normally be the version in force when your order was placed, unless a change is required by law or is expressly agreed with you.

Governing Law and Courts

These Terms & Conditions and any contract between you and Blackpool Skip Hire Limited are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

If you are a consumer, this does not deprive you of any mandatory legal protections that apply to you because of where you live.

If you are a consumer living in the United Kingdom and wish to bring court proceedings, you may bring proceedings in the courts of the part of the United Kingdom where you live. Where permitted, you may also choose to bring proceedings in the courts of England and Wales.

Contact Us

If you are unsure about any of these terms, the waste you wish to dispose of, skip access, permits or any other part of your booking, please contact us before placing your order.

Blackpool Skip Hire Limited
Beacon Road
Poulton Industrial Estate
Poulton-le-Fylde
Lancashire
FY6 8JE