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Skip Bin Permit Shellharbour City Council

If your skip is going on a road, footpath, nature strip or parking bay in the Shellharbour City Council area, that is council land and the rules below apply. On your own driveway or property, they generally do not.

Shellharbour City Council skip bin permit at a glance

Permit needed for public land Depends on placement
What the council calls it Temporary Occupation of Footpaths and Footways permit
Permit fee $37.00 per square metre per month (26/27 schedule)

Read from the council's own website on 27 August 2026. Councils change fees and conditions — check the current Shellharbour City Council page before you book.

Conditions the council sets

  • Should part of the footway be required for temporary stacking of materials or soil, erecting scaffolding, or for any other purpose, application must be made for a permit and fee paid
  • The occupation fee is calculated per square metre per month
  • A separate Works Zone fee applies to occupying on-street parking spaces, charged per car space (or per 6 metres where spaces are not marked) per week, at a higher rate in the Town Centre/CBD
  • Consent to undertake works within the road reserve under section 138 is a separate approval with its own fees and, for trenching through road pavement, footpath or kerb and gutter, a bond

How to apply

Applications go through Shellharbour City Council directly, not through us. Start here. 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 Shellharbour City Council area

Live prices from our supplier network, checked 27 August 2026, across 2 nearby postcodes. Bins start from $245 for a 2m³ in this area, and every price includes delivery, collection and disposal on a 7-day hire.

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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 Shellharbour City Council published at the time we checked, reproduced so you can plan — the council's own page is always the authority.