Skip Bin Permit City of Melbourne
If your skip is going on a road, footpath, nature strip or parking bay in the City of Melbourne area, that is council land and the rules below apply. On your own driveway or property, they generally do not. "Your skip, bin or container should be placed on private land wherever possible. If it cannot be safely placed on private land, you'll need to get a permit to place it on a public road."
City of Melbourne skip bin permit at a glance
| Permit needed for public land | Yes |
|---|---|
| What the council calls it | Skip permit |
| Permit fee | Application fee of $102.50 per application. An application fee of $205 applies for permits to place or remove a skip bin outside local law hours (Mon–Fri 7am–7pm, Sat 8am–3pm). Permit fee of $102.50 per parking bay occupied, per day. |
| Allow | Out-of-hours placement or removal "will require a minimum of three business days in processing" (no general processing time is published for standard applications) |
| Public liability | Public liability insurance certificate of currency with a minimum of $20 million coverage |
Read from the council's own website on 27 August 2026. Councils change fees and conditions — check the current City of Melbourne page before you book.
Conditions the council sets
- Skips, bins or containers must only be placed or collected between 7am and 7pm on weekdays and 8am and 3pm on Saturday
- Must be placed in front of the address used in the application, parallel with the kerb within a parking bay or loading zone
- Cannot be placed in or on clearways and no stopping areas, bike lanes or footpaths, nature/median/dividing strips, bus, taxi or permit zones, parking bays for people with disabilities, Bourke Street Mall, or Swanston Street between Flinders Street and La Trobe Street
- Cannot be placed within 20 m of an intersection with traffic lights or 10 m of an intersection without traffic lights; 20 m before / 10 m after a school crossing, pedestrian crossing or bus stop; 20 m either side of a railway crossing
- Must not exceed the dimensions of a marked parking bay; where there are no marked lines the skip must not be wider than 2.2 m, and in a laneway must allow 3 m of clear space for vehicles to pass
How to apply
Applications go through City of Melbourne directly, not through us. Start here, and allow Out-of-hours placement or removal "will require a minimum of three business days in processing" (no general processing time is published for standard applications). Book the bin for a date that gives the permit time to come through, and have your delivery address and dates ready.
Skip bin prices in the City of Melbourne area
Live prices from our supplier network, checked 27 August 2026, across 6 nearby postcodes. Bins start from $177 for a 2m³ in this area, and every price includes delivery, collection and disposal on a 7-day hire.
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- West Brunswick 3055 — from $177
- Beenak 3139 — from $253
- Coolaroo 3048 — from $177
- Coonans Hills 3044 — from $238
- Brooklyn 3012 — from $279
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A note on what we can and cannot tell you
We hire skip bins; we do not issue permits and we cannot apply on your behalf. The details above are what City of Melbourne published at the time we checked, reproduced so you can plan — the council's own page is always the authority.