Overview. Contact your local council for a skip licence if you want to put a skip on a public road. In most areas, skip hire companies are responsible for getting skip licences, also sometimes called skip permits.In some areas you’ll need to do it yourself.You need a licence for:estrictions. You can’t put a skip on the pavement. You don’t need a skip licence if you’re putting the skip entirely on private land. You may need to put safety lights and markings on or around the skip.